Urban Textures
As I traverse the unemployment landscape I frequently remind myself that the most important part of being an artist (in my opinion) is having a unique perspective. So I took my camera with me on a walk one day as I went around New York City, around my neighborhood and on the subway and to a job interview, and I captured some “urban textures”.
The idea of taking these types of pictures certainly isn’t original (I just saw a blog post the other day on Build Blog about urban textures in San Francisco, actually). But walking around with this mindset actually helped me have a different perspective of my walk: yes, I was going to a job interview, but I was also on a texture safari. The most fun I had on this safari was looking up and taking pictures of the ceiling – it’s like a whole unexplored world up there!
One winter I was designing and hand printing my own fabrics and I often looked around me for inspiration, instead of trying to come up with designs in my head. I can think of so many possibilities with these textures, from literal translations to abstract inspirations. Take it where you will!
Thank you Robin for sharing this with us. You can visit Robin’s blog at http://www.spiffywafer.com.
Paula Hoffman Design
September 3, 2010 at 5:26 am
Terrific work! This is the type of information that should be shared around the web. Shame on the search engines for not positioning this post higher!
Occupational Therapy
September 6, 2010 at 1:36 am