|  Project 05
Optical Illusion

|  Description

Miao Batik is a Chinese traditional handcraft, and it is listed as one of the China's Intangible Cultural Heritage. The Miao people use wax to draw on a homespun, and dye it with a specific blue dye obtained from indigo plants. The subject is mainly about nature and geometric patterns. Also, I notice that most patterns of Miao Batik are composed symmetrically. Therefore, in this project, I extracted some patterns from Miao Batic and created a symmetric pattern out of them.

|  Design Process

I started by searching patterns online. After much research, I picked Miao Batik and made several sketches using the elements from a Miao Batik found online. Then I transmitted it to p5 sketch.

|  Reflection

While translating the hand-drawn pattern into digital, the shape is not organic any more. In Miao Batik, all the patterns are drawn freehand, without using templates. Every Miao Batik is unique. And that's what makes Miao Batik precious. However, we are losing it in the digital pattern.

|  Credits

This project is created by Yiqing Zhou.