Initial drawings

I've finally got stuck in and did some drawings using the inspiration I've gathered so far. I've mainly made motifs so that I can use them digitally and layer them upon top of one another. I don't think these are what my project will be based on as they at the moment seem a little boring to me. I will include them in some way though when I get on bit further into my project. I have used different inks and different fine liners to create paisley patterns. I have also included different patterns that I have seen during the weddings that I thought would look good as a pretty sequence. I also did a type of mono printing where i used a thin polystyrene and drew into it and then painted over it and printed onto paper.

christmas research

The christmas break has been long but eventful. I've had time for a break recollect my thoughts and do some work. I went away over christmas to Norway yet again to another wedding! This was a low key event but still inspirational! I was inspired buy the colours that the bride had worn it was a beautiful purple gown that had sparkly diamond with swirls and traditional patterns all over the gown. It was beautiful how the gown sparkled under all the flashes of the camera and also how they matched the stage to what she was wearing. I have also taken pictures of my family and what they've all been wearing to use as influences.

Trip To Pakistan

So, I went away to Pakistan for the next part of the wedding it was an amazing experience I really enjoyed myself. The wedding was so much fun all the traditions and customs and everything we did was interesting and inspirational I was extremely inspired by the henna artist and the way she used the traditional Paisley in her work on the brides hands I took lots of pictures and used them all as influence in future drawings.

Trip to Denmark!

I went away for the weekend to Denmark as i have family and thats where the 2nd part of the wedding is being hosted. so on one of the days it was the celebration which was so much fun with all the bright lovely colours and all the traditional clothing and dancing. It was so inspirational and very exciting as i know it would be a big influence in my work so i took a few pictures (pictures don't do it justice) to take back with me.

Here are also a few sight seeing pictures!

Summer Work

Over the summer I have been gathering research for my project when i get back to uni. I've been trying to inspire myself by using my own life and culture as experience as so many things have been going on this summer! Firstly its been Ramadhan so I've been fasting over the last month and then it was Eid which was a big celebration and so much fun! My cousin is also getting married over the next few months! the wedding is spread over a few months so I'll have plenty to inspire me hopefully!.

I used a disposable camera on one of the occasions just to see how the pictures would turn out and I loved the rest they looked really interesting and almost vintage it really excited me! The pictures have blurs and random red marks across them they are a great start for a new project!

Inspiration

I was doing some research online and I'd found these Images of a Morroccan themed Photoshoot. I initially had the idea to just have myself in the Photoshoot and by using a tripod I could take pictures of myself I wanted to use this inital idea because I wanted to show a South Asian person in Manchester and I wanted to Portray my family in Manchester today and the mixture of our two cultures. I had decided to mix them by wearing a traditional Pakistani wedding dress with trainers. I have now decided to include a white english person in traditional Pakistani dress to show the mixture of cultures and to see what other people think and to see whethere this kind of modest dress appeals to people who are not Pakistani.

Traditions and Customs

Here are a few pictures of some pakistani Customs and Traditions that go on at the weddings.

Pakistani Wedding

Here are a few pictures from a family wedding that I attended I took pictures of some of the traditions that we did. In the first picture ther is a Dholi where the bride is carried in by her brothers and cousins, In the second picture there is a Mehndi ritual where the boys side and girls side bring mehndi (henna) in for one another to be applied and also dance around. finally there are pictures of the few favours we made for everyone the night before the wedding as one of the boys side we made these favours to give out after the Nikkah (vows) they include dates and other various pakistani sweets.