Inspired by Ceramics

I am currently studying Textile Art, Design & Fashion at The University of Ulster Belfast and for my final project of First Year I have picked weave with the influence of interiors.  For a recent piece of coursework I wrote an essay about the Sao Bento Train Station in Porto, Portugal and was massively inspired by the work of Jorge Colaco. Even though Jorge Colaco was originally an oil painter and caricaturist, he specialised in designing and painting azulejo panels to decorate large surfaces.  His designs had a late Romantic taste, celebrating the achievements of Portuguese history.  Along with historical themes, he also produced ethnographic and landscape scenery.  The walls that line the Sao Bento station hold many ambitious azulejo designed tiles.  For those of you who do not know, azulejos are a form of Portuguese or Spanish painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tile work. I find the work of Jorge Colaco truly fascinating and my love for all ceramic artists has severely grown recently.  I think ceramic works and pieces of art fit in extremely well with interiors.  As well as tile walls, I am really inspired by colour, especially from exteriors and interiors around the world and how they influence the interior and current fashions around us. Below I have inserted a collection of images that I have found and/or taken myself that have influenced my on-going weave project.  I hope you feel as inspired as I do! :)

If only all Train Stations looked like this (Unfortunately this is not my own photo, one day maybe. A girl can dream….)

Ulster Museum (ceramics section 28/03/14)

Mauel Canovas 'Jardin Bleu' printed fabric

Azulejos Tiles can be used for exterior..

and Interior.

Prada 2011

Oscar de la Renta

Dream Kitchen

Photograph from 'Iznik'-The Artistry of Ottoman Ceramics

Azulejos inspired Fashion

Handwoven cotton Vintage fabrics, Indigo Blue, Hmong, Table runner- www.etsy.com

Cindy Hamling - weave on loom

www.pinterest.com

Charity Shop Findings - £2

Charity Shop Plates - Total= £4

Ulster museum 28/03/14

Ceramic Antiques found stacked away in my Granny's cupboard- she needs to use these more often!!

The Spaniard Bar in Belfast has amazing exterior

The World Of Interiors (world's best magazine!) included an article in the December 2013 issue on the City Palace of Karauli in Rajasthan.  The painted walls are complimented by jali screens that cast filtered light through the windows and onto the floor.