Introduction and Inspiration

This Special Industry class is a continuation of Object and Accessory Design 1, where students had a chance to design and produce a fruit bowl. 

Inspiration

Our Fruit bowls were to be inspired by nature and before the whole laser cutting process was undertaken we had to first design the fruit bowl. Looking through images on the Internet and taking photos of things around me I was highly interested in the various textures, colours and movements of nature. The images below are just some examples of the inspiration I was looking at. 

A fish hiding in coral
<www.tipsworld.org/624/beauty-of-nature-through-camera-lens>

Sahara Desert sand dune mottled by ripples caused by wind
<www.mccullagh.org/photo/1ds-4/sahara-desert-sand-dune>

After a lot of thumbnail sketching and development with different variations on the different concepts, I came up with a final pattern.

Final pattern 

The overall look portrays a stained glass appearance of coral. The pattern involves an off centre in the design and the illusion of overlapping features, created from curves and long lines. Through this, and the use of varied thicknesses and sizes of the cut out shapes, it creates a sense of feel and movement. 

- Cristina Del Rosario