Abstract
"The True Mystery of the world is the visible, not the
invisible" Oscar
Wild
For considerable time we have nurtured a common interest in
the obvious but generally unnoticed qualities of things. Attracted by the
hidden beauty in our natural and manmade environment, we become fascinated by
textures, patterns and colors. Recording the ever-recurring visual patterns of
nature and of diverse artifacts, we noticed striking similarities between them
and wondered if this were the result of principle of order, active in both man
and nature.
When we juxtaposed the results of our observations-ranging
from scenic views of landscapes and cities to close-ups of objects from fine art,
crafts and daily life-they proved to display a number of constants, such as dots,
lines and elementary figures. These elements, irrespective of there origin
appeared to us to be the basic ingredients of a universal language of patterns.
Actually natural elements with all diversities become one of
the fashion sources, which give the natural touch to textile products and give
the comfort to the human eyes and filling.
On our study, we try to put some basis of natural ornaments
analysis to generate ornaments and use on jacquard fabric design using the
computer.
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Mr. M. M. Amer is Professor for Textile Design in Faculty
of applied arts, Textile Dept at Helwan University, Egypt
