I developed the shapes of the chosen idea, inspiration taken from flower petals.
Four sketches done on A3 paper with pencil/fine liner. It reflects my ideation inspiration of cherry blossom and lupine flower petals, as well as the structure representing trees.
As a part of the Modern Retreat concept, I took inspiration from two different flowers and their shapes to ideate and develop into a house design. Cherry Blossom was one inspiration, as I have an emotional attachment to Japan. Lupine flower was used as another inspiration, since I remember the view of the Lupine flowers blooming with Lake Tekapo as the backdrop when we visited New Zealand back in 2016. To cultivate the idea of ‘home’, the Modern Retreat concept is inspired by my own attachment to the places I feel the most at home.
Being inspired by shapes of flower petals and trees, focusing on the issue of natural disasters to find a way for us to live together with nature.
Cherry Blossom
Taking the shape of cherry blossoms and its petals, I started out exploring the forms I could use onto black and white paper.
Lupine
Similarly, with the lupine flower I explored its intricate structure, first outlining the shape onto paper to understand it better.
Line
Here I am taking the shapes from the two flowers and converting it to more broad forms, experimenting with geometrical and organic shapes.
Shape
I decided to experiment with the shape of the flower petal to see if I am able to transform the shapes further. Here I used a digital drawing app as it has a different feel compared to drawing on paper.
Paper Cutting
This piece is a paper cutout meant to explore the different shapes of nature. Black paper was used for cutting out the different shapes. Having to plan out the overall composition of this page before cutting each shape out with a cutting knife made me more aware of the designs I was able to create. Unwinding the tree shape, and experimenting with geometrical and organic shapes created from simple yet intricate form of flower petals helped me define the patterns, especially since shading was not an option unlike when using pencil.