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Neisha Crosland: Life of a Pattern (Hardcover)
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Neisha Crosland: Life of a Pattern (Hardcover)
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Neisha Crosland sees pattern everywhere. Her extraordinary eye
seeks out symmetry, order and structure wherever she goes: in
artefacts, buildings, paintings and, above all, in nature. This
book is a tribute to that talent: a visual feast of pattern, color,
unexpected information and surprising personal stories. It is also
an exploration of why pattern matters to every single one of
us.Artists are often asked the origin of their ideas. This
remarkably beautiful book is Neisha's answer to that question. She
takes the reader from first spark of an idea to the finished
product: exploring a myriad of cultural pathways and making unusual
connections along the way. For in art, Neisha believes nothing is
ever truly original.This book is a personal and revealing account
of Neisha's own story as a designer, but it also draws on
conversations about pattern she has had with musicians,
mathematicians, psychotherapists as well as other designers.
Beginning as an art student standing in the Basilica di San Marco
in Venice, it travels through many continents and eras: from Mughal
India to Moorish Spain, and from pilgrims on the route to Santiago
de Compostela to Jacobean England. there are tales of mankind's
earliest rituals, alongside explorations of 16th-century court
dresses, Baroque wood carving, 17th-century shell-collecting and
Russian Constructivist paintings. It ends in Japan over a delicious
meal.There is fascinating technical detail, too, including
wonderful examples of Neisha's early work using weaving and
printing methods that have now vanished because of contemporary
commercial pressures on mills and manufacturers. She also explores
the ways a technique or color can completely reinvent a design, and
how that design can alter its mood when placed in a different
interior or when applied to a different medium or product.Working
sketches illuminate her argument as well as visuals of her key
sources of inspiration. Abundant photographs, too - showing
Neisha's work in the interiors of fashionable restaurants,
nightclubs, hotels and homes around the world - strikingly
illustrate the text. The patterns themselves are stunningly
animated by Anikst Design's specially commissioned photography:
magazine files become skyscrapers, fine china glides across
mirrors, rugs take to the air and fabrics appear like wild seas and
rivers. The result is a kind of visual onomatopoeia as well as a
thrillingly surreal visual experience for the reader.This book is a
loving tribute to the power of pattern that will appeal to anyone
who appreciates beauty and has ever wondered why their eye is so
delighted.
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