Internet findings: mein motif - pedro oyarbide:

Normally I only post once every other day, but I've plans to change this a little whenever I see something on the Internet relating to pattern, that I really like and think is worth showing people - or on the other hand that I really hate and think should have a wanted dead or alive poster up for it.

Today I've been exploring:
mein motif - pedro oyarbide: (a blogger blog)

In this case, I admire Pedro Oyarbide's work, especially how he goes about putting it out there in the form of a project blog which takes dedication (trust me ask any regular blogger) to post in it everyday. To have to come up with a pattern that is different to those previously posted, every day. An impressive feat of determination.


Almost had an image free blog post there. Ouch


Pedro Oyarbide's patterns take on a note of experimentation, which obviously you'd have to do to be putting up every day. In some you can see how they are related to previous ones or future ones once posted, and though some still might need refining, they still look amazing - a staggering piece of imagination flowed into shape and colour.

An example:
Day 27 and Day 26
Both of which share this brilliant diamond shape that has a neat little bit of ornamentation like work on two of its sides.

I'll say no more, but you should check out his blog, if its the only non facebook/twitter thing you do today.

Orange balloon, black fineliner

At least, I assume its black fine liner.
Any way a friend of mine at university found this piece of balloon in an artist's studio
- originally it was whole.

It's kind of hard to photograph some things,

deflated balloons is now one of them.

From the above image you can see the simple shapes 

forming vines and leaves, and a little butterfly in the centre. 

Amazingly simple, it works best though on top of the bright orange background of a balloon.

And blurred image above - I couldn't resist throwing something blurred in.

Victorian Design and Ornament - and I didn't have to do any research to find that out

I feel like I should have referenced this book Harvard style.
Any way here is what I got from Amazon:
Meyer's Ornament - Victorian Bible of Design by Frank Sales Meyer

In the library bookshelf above,
and got some pretty graphic golden lines below.

The 'O' in Ornament on the spine is known as illuminated text.
One of the earliest texts found with illuminated text is The Book of Hours.
A quick Google search of this will give you a wealth of words and images. 

Blogger likes to rotate images no matter which camera I use,

I'm going to get to the bottom of this though.

The image in the corner here uses typical Victorian ornamental imagery.
The vine like lines that seem to have an attitude of movement about them, 

almost like a clock face with the interruption of the 

golden blocks that seem to divide the circular motif into pieces. 

Above door decor - and the ryme thrown in for fun

On the way home one afternoon

I had to stop at this little bit of intricate (I believe metal work).

Photos are a bit blurry as this bit of work is situated above a door,

like a kind of mantel piece to a door actually.

The shapes and forms are clearly Victorian stylised motifs and shapes,
which twist and wind and curl around each other.

Eye-holes on shutters at 'Reid & Sons'

I'm not one for jewlery (at the moment),
except for clever studs and of course bangles,
but I seem to be drawn to a jewellers windows much like any other person.
Again most likely because of my magpieism (attracted to sparkly and shiny things).

I think this clever way of closing shutters on the shop, helping to not entice prospective theives, but still including groupings of dots cut out of the shutters,
which really should just entice prospective customers to have a closer look.    

Or at least it succeeded in doing that to me...