London

So today was the trip to London... Unfortunately the coach was delayed and we did not arrive in London until 4/4:30pm, this was very frustrating as I had lost a lot of valuable time. Upon arrival I looked the various tourist maps plotted around the city in hope for some guidance as to where I was going, as it was my first time there without a clue where anything was I ended up getting lost and missing the exhibitions that I wished to see. Putting aside the negative parts of the trip I managed to get some great images to work from.

The images I took are not what I feel typically represents 'the Urban elements of the city' as I wanted to look behind the obvious elements like graffiti and tall buildings, to focus on the parts of the Urban City that people tend to discard but are essential in everyday life.


I mainly focused on the different road markings as although people see them everyday not everyone appreciates them.

I find it intriguing how each 'marking' has some sort of instruction either by way of writing or a symbol. The shapes in these images could lead to some interesting knit samples!

Triangle shapes here could be interpreted by a partial knit with hold.

This pattern on the road reminds me of a laddered knit. 

Possible inspiration for an e-wrap sample.

This image is slightly different to the rest as it is an instruction for direction, maybe I should try giving myself rules for direction with in my work?

I like that this image shows a variety of potential for repetitive patterns.

 The last images shown here are more descriptive instructions, they say what a certain part of the road is for and what you should do when your there which I find interesting as I start to imagine if they weren't there what would happen?