Patterns of India

These patterns I thought were unique because I found

them in a market place in Mt. Abu. They had a bunch of

scarfs with different patterns. Each one is unique in its

own way.

In old city Ahmedabad we went to the first temple

and I liked the different floral patters of these women's

saris. Each one had some different kind of colorful floral

pattern and it just made them stand out.

This is when we went to some jewelry

making shop in Jaipur. They had this

bench that was stone but on top of

it was this cushion. It was a quilt type

pattern. It was a variety of Indian

patterns.

The Taj was one of the coolest place

I have been in my life. This was taken outside

one of the small doors. I picked it for pattern

because the tile on the floor of Taj. It made

a unique pattern that went all the way around

the Taj.

Similar to the Taj was another

pattern that had a zig zag shape

except I found it at the Agra

Fort across from the Taj. This

actually use to be where the

water dripped into the fountain

but there has been no rain for a

while so it wasn't flowing.

ABC's of India

This A was found in old Ahmedabad

city. I saw a man trying to sell it to

me on the streets but I wasn't really

sure what it was. Then at a glance it

looked like an abstract A.

I found this B when Jenny and I

went exploring the palace in Jaipur.

It was a zoomed in shot of the B

because it created a pattern that

kept repeating. It also looks like

a honey comb.

This C was found at one of

our favorite places to eat,

Mainland China! The C was on

table underneath the glass. It

was more of a Chinese pattern.

While visiting the old well that

was five stories below the ground

I found this D shape. The coloring

of the light grey makes it stand out

more since there really isn't an outline

of the letter. It was about the well where

there were tombs of Indian ancestors.

It had also rained that day so that could

be another reason for the discoloration

of the grey bricks.

This E was part of an amazing

lock system on this old wooden

door. It was located in an old

children's school in Old Ahamedabad.

The door man showed us how it locked

and unlocked while we were all amazed

of how cool and unique the lock was.

This F was found in New Delhi on

the side of a dirty bus. We were stuck

in the crazy rush hour traffic when I

looked to the left of me and saw an

entire bus load of people looking

back at me. The way the rain had

washed some of the dirt of the bus

created the letter F on the side.

While at the marble factory in Agra

I had noticed some marble work that

had beautiful carvings in them. They

created all kinds of unique shapes that

are a part of the Indian culture. In one

of the shapes I had noticed there was a G.

The way it curved and the top and came

around had a pretty good resemblance

of the letter.

The H I found was at Gandhi's

home. There was a fence that went

around the property that had lines

that created these Hs. Some are

flipped upside down and some

right side up. It was also a form

of repetition.

I found this on the ground one the

way to the electronic store. No it

is not the i from iphone or ipod.

It just happened to be a pattern

that these tiles were placed in.

The colors of light peach and dark

peach helped the I stand out a little

more.

J is for Jaipur. Well we road these

amazing elephants in Jaipur up to

this old palace. It was great because

we got our pictures with the elephant.

The way this one elephant threw his

trunk up onto the side of the building

reminded me of the J.

When visiting Jaipur we also

got to go to another palace.

This one had all sorts of little

museums like clothing and art.

This one in particular was a weapons

room. The way they displayed these

knives they used back in the day made

a shape of the K. It was funny because

I wasn't supposed to be taking pictures

so I snapped this one and then ran off.

L is for Lothal on a rainy day.

I actually remember this day well

because I was my birthday. While

walking around the ruins of Lothal

I spotted this ruin that was old and

had fallen down over time. I am sure

it wasn't shaped like an L originally

but it ended up that way.

Even though this actually isn't

an M the way the two arches

form it visually creates the M.

I found these beautiful arches

when we were in Jaipur. We had

taken an elephant ride up to this

old palace. While exploring the

hidden passage ways I glanced

out over the court yard and

directly across from me were these

arches that created the shape of an M.

I took this picture on the way

to Gandhi's house. We were

crossing the bridge heading

to old Ahamedabad. When I

looked out of the window I was

trying to get a real quick snap

shot of the river when I actually

go this picture instead. The way

the bridge was connected it looked

like the letter N.

This was once a well that was connected

to the watering system in an old building.

It was interesting how the picture resembles

the an O. When looking down the well all

you saw was black. The history of the well

was that it was in this old school building

and was the only source of water.

While walking through the streets one

day in Delhi I had noticed a bunch of paint

had spilt on the ground. It had created all sorts

of shapes. When looking closely in this close

up of the picture I saw the P.

The first day we had to tour Ahamedabad

they took us to a mall. It was interesting

because they were all so proud of their malls.

To us a mall is a mall back at home. You seen

one you might as well have seen them all.

This was an actual ad for one of the Jewelry

and clothing stores in the mall. The way the

ribbon is attached to the bangle it created

a Q. The colors also help the Q stand out

a little more in the picture.

In Jaipur we visited a jewelry shop that made

beautiful jewelry. We got to see how it was

made and the people who designed the pieces.

This little stand reminded me of a lower case

R. It held this diamond pendents that were

made for a princess to wear.

This detail at the holly well we went to

was on the side of the stairs. It looks kind

of like henna with the curves and curls of the

lines. The way the center line curves it creates

a beautiful S that continues down the rest of

the pictures. It is also surround by beautiful

flower shapes.

This T was found on the huge 9 foot doors at

the Agra Fort. It was made all out of wood

and had been there for hundreds of years.

It was cool because it was part of the lock

on the door.

This U was found at one of

the first temples we visited in

old Ahmedabad. It was right outside

of the shrine to the elephant god. At

first it looked kind of like an a place

where you could place you offering but

it had no place to actually put it. I found

these silver U shaped boxes outside of each

shrine of each Hindu god.

This V was easy to find.

It was located on the school

campus that we were staying

at called MICA. It's funny

because the V makes up two

different tress but if you look

at the tree on the right the

upper branches also make a V.

The two trees don't come

all the way together but stand

at a certain point of view you

can pick out the V.

While visiting Gandhi's

home we got to go through

a museum that showed his

whole life story. In one of

the pictures it showed him

and his wife. She was in a

very pretty white dress with

designed lines that were in

the shape of a W. The pattern

show the W being repeated

over and over again.

X marks the spot is a good saying.

When touring the street of Mt. Abu

there was this old gate that had a few

of these X looking shapes on it. The

way the iron gate was welded created

the shape of an X with to different pieces.

They Y can be seen in lots of things like tree, branches

and architecture. When traveling to Mt. Abu we went

down to visit the lake and I saw this light post. It look

a lot like the shape of a Y.

When we were in Agra we went to visit the Agra

Fort which is located across from the Taj Mahal.

In the fort there were little green shrubs and

around the shrubs was some sort of brick. The

way the brick was laid it formed a Z shape.

The Symbols of American converted to India

This is the plus symbol that is actually

used as a sign for a pharmacy. It was a

really pretty blue green color. It also

looks cool because the words are faded out.

This picture was taken of the lobby floor

of the hotel in Mumbai. It is made to look

like a bunch of periods. They are even all

different sizes.

This was the side of the building but

if you look close to the window it creates

a number sign. This was one of the many

office building that was in Delhi.

One of my favorite things in the world

are stars. It's a great special character

to use when you can use an astrik. It was

really cool to because they were painted

on the elephants face.

This special character is the ones

use in don't do this or don't do that.

It was cool because it was the center

shape in some door I had found. It

even has like a greater than and less

than symbol in it or I could just be

pacman.

Color Contrasts

Simultaneous:

This picture shows how the colors

simultaneously look next to each other.

The gold is so outstanding that it makes

the orange curtain behind the god almost

look like a coper color. The gold is also

so bright that it draws your attention away

from the other colors simultaneously.

Temperature:

So I didn't have any pictures of the

sunrise or actually fire but when

driving back to get to MICA I

noticed these sculptures. They

looked like fire and would go

from the warmer colors that

represent the temperature.

Saturation:

Even though I didn't photo shop

this picture the colors up against

the wall create a type of photo

saturation of the colors. Even the

dog being so dark in the picture shows

the saturation of the photo.

Value:

I chose this picture for two reasons. One was

the value of light and dark colors. The other

wood in the background is dark but the one

window is light. Also value as in terms of

something old and loosing value.

Hue:

I found this in a shop on the street. It is

a wide variety of bangles with different hues

of colors. It was an interesting assortment

of the color scale.