morocco welcomemat.

for my welcome mat i had the country of morocco. i started off by researching morocco and moroccan culture. i found a variety of images that conveyed the culture and the people of morocco. these images show the what is seen throughout the landscape, architecture, and people of morocco. i was very interested in the wide use of mosaic tiling which i found out was common among islamic people. i was also interested in the bright and vibrant colors that were used in this tiling and throughout the interiors of the moroccan architecture. another point of interest that i had was with the vast number of morccan lamps. the way the light shinned through these lamps and onto the walls that surround them causes very interesting patterns. this combination of the traditional islamic mosaic work along with the vivid colors and the light that the lamps give became my jumping off point for my welcome mat design.

the research that i did helped me in deciding on what pattern i was going to use on the welcome mat that i produced. the pattern is a traditional islamic star pattern. i highlighted this pattern with vivid colors of red, orange, and yellow and also with light. i felt that the way the pattern went from dense stars on the right to less dense stars on the left was much like the way light comes out of the moroccan lanterns hits the walls around them and the patters that lamp produces become less dense as they flow away from the lamp itself. i also felt that the light coming from this mat, especially at night, would be very welcoming to the moroccan that used it, much like a porch lamp might be to an american.