Progress Oct. 10-18

Pen drawing on mylar. This will be my first textile design for the pin-wheel/helicopter model below. This particular pattern is based on a dream I had about a tornado:

The print was designed to be put in repeat in order to efficiently print large quantities of this pattern. The design has three main patterns. This is a close up view:

Model of first pillow:



SKETCH BOOK:

When I originally realized I was going to design large scale "pillow" structues I played around in my sketchbook with different materials and textures:

A rough draft list of materials I will need for the project:


A sketch of my first pillow that will be creating:

Rough draft of my first design. The final draft is currently being completed:





Second pillow idea:
Third Pillow Idea:







I have also been looking through various journals and studies done on dreams. The most helpful journals I found were "Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl, "the Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious" by C.G. Jung, and "Forty Studies that Changed Psychology" by Roger R. Hock. While these three books have helped me understand modern psychology of the unconscious mind, a much older journal entitled "Dreams" by Percy Goldthwait Stiles was the most visually interesting. The author studies his dreams for over 30 years and recaps the most vivid unconscious thoughts by providing imagery.

Some of Stiles drawings of his own dreams:


Stiles, Percy Goldthwait. Dreams,. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1927. Print.