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| An exceptional variety of bark coloration. |
Any good painter or textile artist or designer will tell you that the study of nature is essential for divining patterns. R.I.S.D. (The Rhode Island School of Design) has a Nature Lab devoted specifically for that purpose: chiefly, to school young artists in the ways of observation as it exists naturally.
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| The Edna Lawrence nature Lab at RISD. |
It was one of the places on campus that I loved best as a student, because it called to those interests already begun at my mother's knee (herself with degrees in Botany and Biology). Whenever I see a great pattern, I'm already thinking about its' inspirational uses, whether as a background texture or a beautiful photo or a funky fabric, such is the diversity of a well trained creative thinker. What inspires you?
Are you also a fan or flora and/or fauna? The follow me here: http://pinterest.com/mariedoucette/nature/.
