Critical Studies Brief

14th Century Moorish Mosaic have impacted on Mr Funderburghs designs he has been influenced by the symmetry the bold use of colour and the clever use of space.

Critical Studies Brief

Charley Harper is another influence for Dan Fundersburgh. His line drawings ,clean, simple and beautiful are very inspiring.

research,Walter Crane

Walter Crane .1845-1915

I have always loved the work of Walter Crane especially his pen and ink illustrations which are so detailed and beautifully drawn. I really admire his work ,it is distinctive and very much of the Arts and Crafts period .I am also thrilled that he was from the north west ( Liverpool) . I like to draw using black on white and can only dream that i would ever be able to produce illustrations of this quality, in my opinion he was a genious artist!

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Charles Rennie Mackintosh

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Flavor paper

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ZLCbAi3hA

This must be the place by scoin

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collections of art & oddities from around the world! Features Dan Funderburgh amonst others!

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Dan Funderburgh N Y

Dan is absolutely my favourite designer at the moment his work is stunning! He produces wallpaper and prints with paper cuts ,lazer cuts, drawings & cad. I am intrigued by his designs which feature very every day mundane objects that Dan has created patterns from, genius!Dan's wallpaper is available from Flavor Paper, watch the video link! I found this article which includes a brief interview with Dan from 2006 .http://pingmag.jp/2006/07/31/patterns-by-dan-funderburgh/

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Having just been given a new college brief asking me to look at examples of hard/soft i think that some of Dans work fits the bill.His designs very often include images that could be described as hard such as knives and axes along side soft images of flora and fauna.Some of his wallpaper design encompass the historical/contemporary theme which i have also been asked to consider.His red and white Chinatown Toile wallpaper is a contemporary twist on the historical toile design.I can see links from Dan's work in my own( although his is of a much higher standard) it is illustrative and he forms his patterns from recognisable images rather than abstract marks or mathematical geometric shapes , i aspire to be in the same league as Mr Funderburgh.
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