Research

I just had no idea where to start with this project, so I started searching for forms or patterns in nature.

I like the way all insects' bodies are sort of compartmentalised. Especially the plates on the woodlouse. I love the way its armour fits so exactly that it can curls itself up into a ball.

I thought about patterns in nature, these fractal patterns are interesting, where each larger component is made up of smaller versions of the same component. The far right image is an example of a 3D printed form. It has a definite internal structure that still manages to look very natural.

 I really like the intricacy of Maori patterns, I've listened to my Aunts and Uncles explain the meanings behind their tattoos for hours and my grandfather was a carpenter that carved things like the examples below.
I'd really like to draw from a kowhaiwhai or moko pattern.

           

 Here are some materials from nature that I found. The first two are leaves and the next three are bone, sugar and a tortoise shell.  I love the segmentation of the leaves, even the dead one clearly shows the divisions. They also look quite light and delicate, like networks of arteries.
I also like the segmentation of the blackberries and the way the skin on each of them shines.