Research - Primary Inspiration

After speaking to Richard Sweeney and showing him my ideas and designs he suggested that I might be interested in looking at Islamic Architecture, Moorish Architecture and Escher as their work is down the same path as where my inspiration seems to be taking me...

I started with Islamic Architecture...
I liked these pieces, I like the detail in them and how they are repeated patterns and designs without being too geometric or boring, I also like the use of colour and how the designs are fairly floral and illustrative...

Next I looked at Moorish Architecture...
These pieces are quite similar to Islamic Architecture, I like patterns and again I think they look quite floral with the repeated pattern that isn't too geometric, the colours are more basic and not as in your face but I think they still work well and make these designs interesting...



Then I looked into the work of Escher...
I found these pieces quite interesting, I like how he has made patterns up using the idea of nature and animals, but the focus is more on the pattern than the animals. I also think it's interesting how he has used different shapes to make the pattern too, he hasn't just made his designs fill a box, he's experimented further...

After looking at these forms suggested to me I also decided to look into flowers and floral design as this seems to be the direction I'm going for and these forms fit into that path too...
I would like to experiment with designs like these to see how I could manipulate the paper to a similar effect and see how the outcome would turn out...

I also decided to look into atoms, I think that atom diagrams have a similar shape to a simple flower.
I thought this would be interesting to look into as I would be able to manipulate the paper to combine both floral and atom like shapes to create an interesting and unusual shape...