Chelsea Design Harbour, Victoria and Albert, Tate Britain,Tate Modern, Design Shops

After a 'bzzz'y week in London I think I could really have done with this coffee to keep me going.

Anyway so I thought it would be nice to share a glimpse of all of the fantastic research I got from my visit. I found the V&A was particularly useful for my new topic which has an ethereal floral concept, particularly the Rococo rooms and the beautiful Greek statues. 

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This was a ornamental display in the V&A and although was not part of any exhibitions of bodies of art, I found it futuristic but still very natural in it's appearance and reminded me of films in an idealistic utopia 'garden  of Eden ' rebirth.  

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I found these book pages very interesting with the layering and texture, they reminded me of tree bark and i thought that it would be interesting to try to recreate for my finals.

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All  from V&A.

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I took these in one of the design shops as they were very fitting with my theme of ethereal and were delicate but also transfixing.

Chelsea Design Harbour

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These are just a few pickings of my photos from the Design harbour, I have grouped them together because of their natural colours. The Pussywillow sample on the mute earthy green colour has a beautiful sheen fabric and they are a raised stitch making them more interesting. I also really like the bark fabric as this was made with a devore velvet like fabric and the dark green areas were almost where they had burned away the velvety material and added depth and texture.