Urban enviroment week 4

After doing my research I was taken by the national flower of these country including my own. I downloaded pictures of these flowers and I started to sketch them out. I had a tutorial with Sarah and she pointed out to me that there was no point to sketching pictures that I downloaded from the Internet and that I should be sketching something that is tangible.

I also had a tutorial from Liz. She showed me this amazing book on embroidery from the most unusual form of inspiration . That got me thinking, I then decided to go to the ethnic shops in limerick city and I wanted to get vegetables or fruits that you could only get in these shops. I got few different vegetables with very unusual textures, colours and form. This meant that my research was now tangible and could be tied back to the urban environment. I was actually able to find the root of the lotus flower in the Chinese shop. this meant the my sketches of the flowers are able to be tied back to the urban environment. I took lots of photos of these items.