The Colourful Value Of African Flowers As A Source of Innovative Designs For Children's Clothing Supplements

Abd El-Thalouth, Jacklien I; Fahem, Amany Hamdy; Gamal, Esraa Abd Elkarem

doi:10.21608/jtcps.2024.276500.1363

The Colourful Value Of African Flowers As A Source of Innovative Designs For Children's Clothing Supplements

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Textile printing, dyeing, finishing, faculty of applied arts, Helwan university,

² Helwan University ,faculty of Applied Arts , Department of Printing,Dying and Finishing

³ Helwan University,faculty of Applied Arts, Department of Printing ,Dyeing and Finishing

10.21608/jtcps.2024.276500.1363

Abstract

African art is rich in artistic topics and features many distinct qualities such as exaggeration, deletion, flattening, and abstraction. Its distinct aesthetic qualities can be seen in the many African plants and flowers. Africa is regarded as one of the continents with the most rich folklore and plastic arts traditions.The environment is thought to have had the biggest impact on the development of African art, with a preference for changing and streamlining the forms and intensity of expression rather than adhering strictly to an exact translation of natural elements. African art became influential to many artists once Europeans traveled to the Arab world in search of self-discovery. Africa is regarded as a continent abundant in native flowers, with the Cape Flower Kingdom, particularly in South Africa, home to numerous rare species that the researcher hopes to exploit in this study. African flower aesthetics as a starting point for designs that go well with kids' clothes, Particularly in late childhood, clothing supplements have grown to be seen as a necessary component of children's outfit appearances. Items or components known as complements enhance the effect of clothes and give it a finished look that is both aesthetically pleasing and functional. The research is significant because it highlights the arts and civilizations of antiquity in particular. African art and its application in modern times. The goal of the project is to provide designs with African themes to enhance children's clothes visually.

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