Toile De Jour

For our technical we were allowed to create our own print based around the classic Toile De Jour. Since this design was popular during the 19th century i wanted to be influenced by the era, through out my research of historical and politcal events I stumble across the battle of plassey. A quick sum up is The East end company were trying to make an extension through out India and the nawab of Bengal didn't really like his new fortifications he was intending to build, so Robert Clive (Major General) bribed Mir Jafar, the commander in chief of the nawab's army, and attacked Calcutta (The Black Hole) where he tortured and captivated dozens of Europeans, the battle then took place on 23 June 1757.

 

Since I as also doing a project in weave about Hinduism, I liked the two ideas to keep up with a future trend forecast for SS 16/15 Tropical Psychedelic. By Adding trippy art into the heinous crimes creates a perfect description of what contemporary war is all about, only seeing yourself as the 'all knowing', and creating aesthetically presumptions that the opposition are crazy pigments of what your imagination can only conger up.