#indian throw

Marta and Angela have very different responses to subject-matter, and this was brought out by a session spent drawing fabric.

Pattern is something we see in different ways. What we generally see is its effect, not its detail. I've had this Indian throw for years, but failed to really home in on its details.

But some people habitually home in on the detail, and Angela is one of these people. No doubt being experienced with embroidery helps here, but a bit of obsessiveness comes in handy too. I had to stop her, or she would still be drawing it now...

Angela drawing pattern.

Marta, on other other hand, was quickly bored with this exercise.  She moved on to the next exercise:

Marta drawing fabric.

Scrunched up Towel. In Marta's hands it becomes monumental. It makes you want to get your mountaineering boots on.

Here's the final picture. Brilliant!

Somehow you managed to make something epic out of something ordinary.

We do have great respect for epic structure. But we also respond to the very different qualities that make pattern.

India patchwork pillows by exoticindiacollection on polyvore.com