Integrating indigenous vegetable tanned leather with fabric in mixed-media pictorial art for value enhancement.
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MARCH, 2019
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Abstract
The challenging economic conditions across the globe and the competitive world
market have resulted in vigorous efforts by stakeholders to exploit every available
opportunity within their geographical locations such as cultural or natural resources to
make economic gains out of them. The use of indigenous vegetable tanned leather for
the production of pictorial art through the appliqué technique is not common in the
industry and considering the contemporary people’s rush for new things that have
evolved from innovative ideas, it is prudent to take advantage and pursue research in
this area and thus expand the horizon for the use of Ghanaian indigenous vegetable
tanned leather. Therefore the researcher aimed at integrating indigenous vegetable
tanned leather with fabric in the production of mixed-media pictorial art. To achieve
this aim, the following objectives were set: to identify selected types of pictorial art
forms produced with mixed- media; to demonstrate the practicability of manipulating
indigenous vegetable tanned leather for integration with fabric in mixed-media for the
production of pictorial art; and to appreciate the integration of indigenous vegetable
tanned leather with fabric in the production of mixed-media pictorial art. In this
regard, the researcher employed the qualitative method and the descriptive design as
the main methodology towards establishing real facts and describing vividly the
processes in achieving the main objective. The observational approach was used in
identifying selected materials possible for mixed-media pictorial art where the
researcher assessed them based on their characteristics. In conclusion, leather and
fabric provide convenient grounds for integration since both materials are fibre based
and other materials such as wood, jute, clay, metal, can be integrated when proper
investigation is made into their characteristics and properties.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Integrated Rural Art and Industry in the
Faculty of Art
College of Art and Built Environment,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of
Master of Philosophy in Intergrated Art
(Leather Technology Option.).
Keywords
Indigenous, Vegetable, Pictorial art