I have been studying a lot of eco-art therapy. I have this wonderful book "Dig Your Hands in The Dirt: A Manual for Making Art out of Earth" by Kiko Denzer I was reviewing some of the material in this book to get inspiration for a project to do with the kids I work with at CitySprouts.
I noticed that a lot of the tile patterns he uses to make mud mosaic murals are made into frieze patterns. He describes how to make your image more simplified, create a pattern out of it and reverse and repeat the image. The work he does is beautiful and full of symmetry!
P.S. we're trying to start some mud mosaic murals as a part of the eco-expressive therapies group at Lesley- let me know if you're interested!
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I think this is really beautiful. I am taking intro to art therapy and have found that making repetitive patterns is incredibly therapeutic. It is very relaxing! Thanks for sharing.
I'd be interested in knowing more about the work you do with CitySprouts. I've been thinking a lot about urban gardening lately, and wondering if I could do more myself...
here's a website for a great urban gardening resource in the boston area:
http://www.bostonnatural.org/MUG.htm
thereare so many ways to garden in an urban environment, i'm especially inspired by manhattan rooftop honey- a bunch of people keep bees on top of their apt buildings and harvest their own local central park pollinated honey, pretty cool stuff
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