Snow crystal morphology as a source to enrich contemporary ceramic pendant design

Document Type : scientific articles

Authors

1 Higher Institute of Applied Arts, 6th of October

2 Faculty of Specific Education, Mansoura University, Egypt

Abstract

Naturalism is a subject of interest in many fields of scientific research, including in the field of art and design, where revealing the secrets behind the aesthetics of nature with all its internal motives and external influences that led to its formation in the image in which it was found. Its structural, formal, organizational, and aesthetic systems. Nature is considered a source of inspiration that the artist resorts to, so he fuses with his ideas and creations. Nature is reflected in the artist’s artistic and design vision. We find that he does not stop at a certain limit with what he deals with ideas and topics, but searches for what is new. Nature is rich in many natural phenomena that It bears aesthetic and plastic values ​​that can be employed and benefited from in the production of innovative artworks. The morphology of snow crystals is one of these natural phenomena. Hence the main idea of ​​researching how to take advantage of nature represented in the formal structure of snow crystals under the microscope to create contemporary designs for ceramic pendants and through the use of These ice crystals are a new method derived from nature to inspire designs new and innovative

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