Avoid a visually dense design (i.e., horror vacui).The prospectus also proposed possible approaches in fulfilling these requirements, and even included sample rosemalling styles, inviting the client to select a desired approach.
Create a design that balances boldness, strength, and sinuousness with traditional colors and contours of stylized botanical subjects.
Create botanical motifs from local flora instead of merely using traditional design elements.
Achieve a mood and style reminiscent of the Norwegian artistic tradition, while drawing upon the best in various traditions of decorative painting, without being colloquial to the point of esotericism.
Create a palette consistent with the conference center color scheme, as well as weddings (and the variety of color schemes associated with them) for which the facility is also frequently used.
Decision-making tools like this are crucial in helping everyone on a project team visualize outcomes. |
Due to the very long, vertical format of each pilaster, we suggest that the pilasters be visually broken up by background panels such as are often seen in Scandinavian decorative painting traditions. This should detract from what could otherwise be a very visually busy, monotonous design. These background panels can be in a range of desired colors or color schemes, depending on the final design; however, we suggest that color(s) selected for this purpose be a neutral tone that does not call too much attention to itself. Such panels will offset the painted motifs and provide a pleasing effect when the pilasters are viewed as a whole.To this purpose, research began on the design of an architectural motif (essentially rectilinear) to appear as a supporting layer to the curvilinear rosemalling. The following samples from design sketches for the project illustrate the approach to such tasks.
This drawing by Ashton, though refined from Elspeth's sketch, is still fluid enough to admit ideas and possibilities. |
A detail from one of the hand-painted panels in Beauty Along The Way
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