tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23991882.post8758531246561129594..comments2024-03-27T12:23:10.093-04:00Comments on Judy's Journal: Do you ever borrow from other cultures in your work?Judy Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23991882.post-9002248879583118252008-12-11T12:46:00.000-05:002008-12-11T12:46:00.000-05:00Sheila Paine's books have had a huge influence on ...Sheila Paine's books have had a huge influence on me. Her book Embroidered Textiles opened a door on symbolism in world embroidery when it first came out in the early 90's. Another book I like is a children's book called 'First Shapes'. I still refer to it, and use it when I teach. Jung also thought of simple geometrics as humanity's first shapes which are universal.Judy Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619951031502775381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23991882.post-89086501387620710302008-12-10T08:15:00.000-05:002008-12-10T08:15:00.000-05:00Most definately! Although I don't think any cultur...Most definately! Although I don't think any culture can claim particular symbols as exclusively theirs.'Civilisation on Loan' by Heinz Edgar Kiewe which tracks the spread of ideas and inventions from East to West has influenced me a lot ( signed copy bought by my mother in the 1980's) and more recently Sheila Paines 'Embroidered Textiles' with its emphasis on symbolism.<BR/>I would say what is important is that the symbols and shapes used mean something to you personally, as Alison Schwabe says on her website in her 'pet peeves':<BR/>" I always design from what I have experienced, rarely anything pictorial, but mostly wrapping up that real experience in an abstract of shape or pattern, this then expressed in groups of colours I associate with that experience."magsramsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16559934058887308651noreply@blogger.com