THERAPEUTIC ART
Calming
Joyful
Abstracted
Nature (back to your roots kind of feeling)
Colourful
Patterns

 

OBSERVATIONS 
– slightly clinical (apt, but kinda sad)
– it’s a very busy/intense, people are usually wheeled past
– no one really takes notice, it’s like a mundane journey with information in the middle for the public to read
– Employee at the flower shop said that patients love to take photos with her flowers in her shop (indicates the need of colours to cheer patients up)
– Nurse mentioned that the whole corridor needs colour, the white is way too jarring

WORKING SPACE 
– Very well-lit in the day, almost blinding kind of white due to the paint choice

– However, at night it’s really dark hence it appears like a flat, clinical and cold environment
IDEA DEVELOPMENT

RE: Ideas developed
I’d prefer to focus on the idea of a gentle rhythm bringing a sense of peace, based on idea of breathing exercises to calm anxiety sufferers down. Would probably utilise flowers / rhythm of dancers as reference.

 

MY SQUARES (SAMPLES)

EXPERIMENTATION WITH ABSTRACT LINES
visual rhythm through formal qualities
//// can get quite confusing

EXPERIMENTATION (X-RAYED FLOWERS / FORMAL ELEMENTS)
to create a visual rhythm/buzz.

EXPERIMENTATION (ADDING REPRESENTATIONAL ELEMENTS)
reaching towards something higher up, leading viewers’ eyes

EXPERIMENTATION WITH INK FLOW
abstraction waves/textural interest with different ink opacity 

EXPERIMENTATION WITH ABSTRACTION
paper crane with waves 

EXPERIMENTATION WITH DRAWINGS RUINED WITH WATER
it used to be a bird but it is kinda like an abstract landscape now

EXPERIMENTATION WITH SOLUBLE INKS
abstract wave pattern thingy thing

 

 

@ pinterest (moodboard)

@ twitter post (breathing exercise reference)