Islamic Tiles
Different cultures and historical periods gave birth to different styles and techniques of producing tiles. Try using one of the timeline sites to make a timeline of ceramic styles that interest you. These sites are useful for makign timelines:
Timetoast [http://www.timetoast.com/] is very simple and easy to use. It allows you to switch between "timeline" or "text view" to see the difference between your events on a timeline or a chronology. You need to sign up for this, but it is free and doesn't seem to send you spam. Make up a user name you will remember and don't include personal details as these are public accounts.
Tiki-toki [http://www.tiki-toki.com/] and Dipity [http://www.dipity.com/] are more complex timeline creators that allow you to choose a scale (five centuries to five hours), locate events and upload images to create a timeline of your own. Again, they are free sites (Tiki-toki charges for more than one, Dipity charges for more than 3), so ignore the advertising and spread your work between progammes to save money.
These sites will give you some historical background and have a wide variety of tiles tp inspire you:
Islamic Ceramics at the Louvre [http://mini-site.louvre.fr/trois-empires/en/ceramiques-ottomanes.php]
Metropolitan Museum of Art [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/geom/hd_geom.htm]
Iran Chamber Society [http://www.iranchamber.com/art/articles/tile_history1.php]
Lockwood De Forest Collection [http://www.anthonyslayter-ralph.com/index2.html]
Julia Sweda [http://www.artworksbyjulia.com/julia-sweda-bio-about.html] uses inspiration from Islamic tiles for interior decoration
Timetoast [http://www.timetoast.com/] is very simple and easy to use. It allows you to switch between "timeline" or "text view" to see the difference between your events on a timeline or a chronology. You need to sign up for this, but it is free and doesn't seem to send you spam. Make up a user name you will remember and don't include personal details as these are public accounts.
Tiki-toki [http://www.tiki-toki.com/] and Dipity [http://www.dipity.com/] are more complex timeline creators that allow you to choose a scale (five centuries to five hours), locate events and upload images to create a timeline of your own. Again, they are free sites (Tiki-toki charges for more than one, Dipity charges for more than 3), so ignore the advertising and spread your work between progammes to save money.
These sites will give you some historical background and have a wide variety of tiles tp inspire you:
Islamic Ceramics at the Louvre [http://mini-site.louvre.fr/trois-empires/en/ceramiques-ottomanes.php]
Metropolitan Museum of Art [http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/geom/hd_geom.htm]
Iran Chamber Society [http://www.iranchamber.com/art/articles/tile_history1.php]
Lockwood De Forest Collection [http://www.anthonyslayter-ralph.com/index2.html]
Julia Sweda [http://www.artworksbyjulia.com/julia-sweda-bio-about.html] uses inspiration from Islamic tiles for interior decoration
Islamaic Artists
Sherin Neshrat [http://contemporaryartpresentations.blogspot.com.au/2008/08/body-i-shirin-neshat-rebellious-silence.html] is perhaps the most famous of Iran's expat (no longer working in Iran) artists. She works with photographs and videos, using icons of her culture to interrogate the way Middle Eastern people are represented.
This article (Ignore the French writing and look at the pictures!) gives and overview of some contemporary Islamic articsts from the 1980s [http://bboeton.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/quelques-peintres-contemporains-du-moyen-orient/]. If you like a painting, google the artist! Another article [https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198106/the.artist.in.damascus.htm] gives and overview of some Syrian artists.
This article (Ignore the French writing and look at the pictures!) gives and overview of some contemporary Islamic articsts from the 1980s [http://bboeton.wordpress.com/2009/05/21/quelques-peintres-contemporains-du-moyen-orient/]. If you like a painting, google the artist! Another article [https://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/198106/the.artist.in.damascus.htm] gives and overview of some Syrian artists.
These sites have ideas for tattoo art:
Body Art Gallery [http://www.earthhenna.com/body-art-gallery-c25.html]
Inked: Tattoos and the Stories they Tell [http://www.pama.peelregion.ca/en/exhibitions/tattoos.asp] Incuded quoted from peopel abotu their tattoos
Baltimore Tattoo Museum [http://www.baltimoretattoomuseum.net/index.htm]
Body Art Gallery [http://www.earthhenna.com/body-art-gallery-c25.html]
Inked: Tattoos and the Stories they Tell [http://www.pama.peelregion.ca/en/exhibitions/tattoos.asp] Incuded quoted from peopel abotu their tattoos
Baltimore Tattoo Museum [http://www.baltimoretattoomuseum.net/index.htm]
Saudi Aramco World has some interesting articles about Islamic Art. Have a look at the Online archive [http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/index/BackIssues2010.aspx]. You can find the magazines in the library at NF 909.
Ceramic Decorating Techniques
See Ms Carmyn for a good book on this
I'll get more book on this topic for thel ibrary next year
I'll get more book on this topic for thel ibrary next year