送给你的花

上个星期，SAWA推出了一组新产品——别针，而这组别针的设计灵感就来源于前不久的一次工作坊。

这次工作坊的内容是制作印度教节日Diwali（排灯节）中的一种传统艺术习俗——Rangoli（蓝果丽），并通过了解排灯节与蓝果丽的意图，使小朋友们体验到不同国家的文化和习俗。呈现在别针上的图案，都是SAWA产品设计小组成员根据小朋友们所制作的Rangoli图案，稍加修改而设计的。

Last week, SAWA launched a new set of products — the pins. The inspiration of the design came from one of the recent workshops that SAWA did. 

The workshop was to create a Rangoli from the Diwali festival, We hope that, by getting to know the cultural backgrounds behind Diwali and Rangoli, the kids could have an opportunity to experience a variety of cultures from different countries. The patterns on the pin are designed by the designers from SAWA product design group, who took the Rangoli patterns that the kids did during the workshop and made into a pin design. 

在当天的课程中，小朋友们在听完讲解后便跟随着SAWA制作的Rangoli教程视频一步一步跟着画。整个过程十分顺利，在教程的指导下，小朋友们从白纸中心画出一朵小花开始，一笔一笔向外补充图案和细节，就像慢慢生长开的花朵。

他们的想象力十分丰富，有的用不同于教程中的橙色红色这一类温暖的主色调，反而用深蓝和紫使整个图案显得清冷而自然；有的不愿跟随教程画一致对称的图案，干脆用不对称的形式创造出了自己的蓝果丽，还颇具美感。

而有些晚到的小朋友，拿起画笔的时候，视频就已经画完将近一半了，这使他们颇为犯难，不知从何下手。耐心的老师们察觉到了这点，干脆在黑板上从头开始又画了一个蓝果丽。下课的时候，大部分小朋友们都完成了自己的Rangoli，而晚来的小朋友就只差上色这最后一步。

After listening to the explanations, the kids started to create their own Rangoli with SAWA’s Rangoli tutorial video. The whole process went smoothly, the kids followed the instructions and began by drawing small flowers at the center of the paper. Later on they added up patterns and details. 

The kids are very imaginative. Some of them decided to be different from the rest of the class, instead of using warm colors such as red or orange, they chose to use dark blue and purple, so the pattern gives off a cool and natural vibe. Some of them were tired of repetition of the same pattern, therefore they created their own paintings in an asymmetrical form with beautiful details. 

Some kids were late for the class and when they finally picked up the chalk, the tutorial video was almost finished. This left them quite distressed and hesitated to start their work. The teachers found out and just simply drew the whole process all over again on the blackboard. At the end of the class, most kids finished their Rangoli while others were only missing the last step of coloring.