Summer: Turkey

During my summer I also visited Turkey. Equipped with my underwater camera I spent a lot of my time snorkelling. The underwater world is so interesting to me, as once again, it is something people don't take too much notice in or see every day.

Corals and underwater plants hold so much texture and could be used for textile design inspiration for embroidery, weaving, fabric manipulation and print designs. 

I could possibly explore the idea of weaving inspired by coral and then creating prints from the physical weave itself. This would give an abstract and didactic feel to the outcome.

I can only imagine that this is my reflection reflection back off of the surface of the water, but I appreciate how the water movement itself breaks up the reflection. It may be an idea to investigate pleating fabric before adding print to them (whether that be via screen print or heat transfer ect) or using Photoshop to manipulate designs to achieve this effect.

The corals and plant life surrounding the cold springs I was swimming near were shades of lilac and warm orangey browns. There was also some interesting shell or growth formations on some of the rocks which caught my eye as seen below.

I find it fascinating how water reflects light, I admire the patterns it creates from the surface and also when said light hits the base of pool/seabed. I could possibly experiment with marbling onto fabric and layering other techniques like batik over that.