I thought I'd share another one of my sketchbooks with you in this post which is based on Islamic Art & Architecture. As a starting point, I did a mind map and looked at what the subject encompassed by selecting different themes such as geometry, script, floral, colours, mosaics, designers etc. I then focused on each one of these themes over several pages, presenting them using different media such as papers, paints, stitch, prints and straws (paper) to create a riot of pattern, texture and colour which I felt represented my interpretation of the theme. I experimented with the shapes and patterns that inspired me and did some repeat pattern prints. Some of the designers that I investigated were Tine de Ruysser (jeweller), Zaha Hadid (Architect), Peter Gould (Graphic artist) and Richard Sweeney (Furniture designer). Each one of these designers had an area of their work that I felt lin