Joel Morris - Burqa and Dome
Big Kite "Burqa" Big Kite "Dome" For my kites, I wanted to use the theme of connection, and not only try and connect to the culture of the UAE, but tie in my aesthetic as well. I initially had three small kites and a large k ite that I cut down to size. For my first designs, I was thinking of creating two smaller kites, one in the fashion of a woman’s Kandura , a piece of traditional dress worn underneath the abaya by women . My plan was to make a design based on the embroidery found on a woman’s Kandura sleeves. I thought of using an underlying geometric tessellation for both kites and one the woman’s, adding Talli , the metallic embroidery of the Kandura around the edges, and for the man’s, adding a Tarboosh , the tassel which hangs from the neck of the men’s Kandura . I eventually changed the design and the final one featured an Islamic geometric pattern that I created myself. I th en supe