Showing posts with label Nicole Krauss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nicole Krauss. Show all posts

Wednesday, 11 December 2013

History of Love

The last final piece to be completed for this end of term deadline haul! 
It's been a mission, but MISSION COMPLETE!

"Just open your palm to say forgive me."

I chose this quote because I found it quite striking out of the whole extract. 
It's a fairly simple piece, but there is actually more design depth than perhaps you initially see.
The background patterns are made up of things which symbolise forgiveness:
  • Row one is an African Adinkra symbol
  • Row two is a mixture of daffodils and hyacinths
  • Row three, the chinese symbol for forgivness
  • Row four is "Forgive" in braille
I also used the colour orange to colour my background because that is the colour to signify forgiveness. It has a underlying theme throughout.





Extract from the novel 'History of Love' by Nicole Krauss


Here are just a few of the colour developments I went through to choose my final colour palette. 
I did this using my drawing tablet in photoshop

Mediums used: Gouache paint on black mount board.