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Utilisation of Waste Ink as a Painting Medium in Creating Paintings Depicting Common Birds in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)With the advancement of society, particularly in the print media and publishing industries, the printing subsector produces an abundance of waste ink, which is discarded into the environment. However, in some parts of the ... -
Reproduction of Visual Materials for the Confucius Institutes in Kenya Using Fused Chinese Han and Kenyan Maasai Cultural Artifacts
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study reproduced the visual materials for the use at the Confucius Institutes in Kenya using fused Chinese Han and Kenyan Maasai cultural artifacts. Globalization has led to the necessity of teaching and learning of ... -
Exploration of Smoke as a Medium for Painting in the Depiction of Maasai Culture in Kajiado County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Fumage is a smoke painting technique that some artists used in the 1930s. Despite it being an old technique, it has proven less popular in the modern art arena. In contemporary times, very few painters are still exploring ... -
Exploration of Coloured Plastic as an Art Material in Collage
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Upcoming artists in Nairobi face a difficult time in practicing and exploring new techniques that enhance their artistic skills. The cost of art materials is well outside their means, their inspiration is often misunderstood, ... -
Evaluation of Appearance Management Behaviour among Students in Institutions of Higher Learning in Meru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Appearance management (AM) encompasses the sum total of attention and activities that are used by an individual to control how he/she presents the body to himself/herself and to others. Appearance management comprises ... -
Strategic Marketing Management Practices Employed By Local Garment Making MSES and Their Effect on Competitiveness in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-10)The Kenyan local garment making industry is characterized by slow growth and faces stiff competition from low priced imports. Extensive research has been carried out on the evident preference of imported clothes over locally ... -
Utilization of selected weaving techniques to design and create fine hand woven fabrics
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Production of paintings inspired by the fusion of selected Kenyan Maasai and Nigerian Fulani material culture
(Kenyatta University, 2016)This study produced paintings through hybridization of material culture from two selected African communities. Hybridization in art happens when material cultures from two or more communities combine to create new forms. ... -
Exploration of Use of Flowers in the Creation of Paintings for Aesthetic Enhancement of Hospital Spaces in Nairobi City County
(Kenyatta University, 2016)This study aimed at exploring the use of flower paintings as a means of aesthetically enhancing interior spaces of public hospitals within Nairobi City County. The study was based on recent studies conducted in the United ... -
Glaze formulation using selected geological material from Lake Nakuru and Kiambu Counties, Kenya
(2016)The use of glazes and glaze formulation has evolved over time and glaze styles have been developed with characteristics of certain world regions, out of the use of locally available materials. A pilot study conducted in ... -
A descriptive analysis of the perception of images in selected posters by contemporary kenyans: a case study of Masaku district and Nairobi area
(1990)The Problem Graphic communication in print media form that is available in Kenya sometimes is not sensitive to the perceptual abilities or aesthetic preferences of the public. It's importance in today's world can not ... -
Artistic changes in the development of the Catholic Church vestment in the archdiocese of Nairobi Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-10)The rich history of the Catholic Church vestment in Kenya is likely to be lost if it is not documented as most faithful do not know the origins, changes or significance of the vestments. Thus, Christians may not appreciate ... -
Availability and utilisation of traditional material culture in fashion design
(Kenyatta University, 2015-01)The diverse cultures of many Kenyan communities may have not been explored adequately when it comes to the utilisation of traditional material culture for Fashion Design. This study sought to explore the availability and ...
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Utilisation of Waste Ink as a Painting Medium in Creating Paintings Depicting Common Birds in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)With the advancement of society, particularly in the print media and publishing industries, the printing subsector produces an abundance of waste ink, which is discarded into the environment. However, in some parts of the ... -
Reproduction of Visual Materials for the Confucius Institutes in Kenya Using Fused Chinese Han and Kenyan Maasai Cultural Artifacts
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study reproduced the visual materials for the use at the Confucius Institutes in Kenya using fused Chinese Han and Kenyan Maasai cultural artifacts. Globalization has led to the necessity of teaching and learning of ... -
Exploration of Smoke as a Medium for Painting in the Depiction of Maasai Culture in Kajiado County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Fumage is a smoke painting technique that some artists used in the 1930s. Despite it being an old technique, it has proven less popular in the modern art arena. In contemporary times, very few painters are still exploring ... -
Exploration of Coloured Plastic as an Art Material in Collage
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Upcoming artists in Nairobi face a difficult time in practicing and exploring new techniques that enhance their artistic skills. The cost of art materials is well outside their means, their inspiration is often misunderstood, ... -
Evaluation of Appearance Management Behaviour among Students in Institutions of Higher Learning in Meru County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021)Appearance management (AM) encompasses the sum total of attention and activities that are used by an individual to control how he/she presents the body to himself/herself and to others. Appearance management comprises ... -
Strategic Marketing Management Practices Employed By Local Garment Making MSES and Their Effect on Competitiveness in Nairobi County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2018-10)The Kenyan local garment making industry is characterized by slow growth and faces stiff competition from low priced imports. Extensive research has been carried out on the evident preference of imported clothes over locally ... -
Utilization of selected weaving techniques to design and create fine hand woven fabrics
(Kenyatta University, 2000-04) -
Production of paintings inspired by the fusion of selected Kenyan Maasai and Nigerian Fulani material culture
(Kenyatta University, 2016)This study produced paintings through hybridization of material culture from two selected African communities. Hybridization in art happens when material cultures from two or more communities combine to create new forms. ... -
Exploration of Use of Flowers in the Creation of Paintings for Aesthetic Enhancement of Hospital Spaces in Nairobi City County
(Kenyatta University, 2016)This study aimed at exploring the use of flower paintings as a means of aesthetically enhancing interior spaces of public hospitals within Nairobi City County. The study was based on recent studies conducted in the United ... -
Glaze formulation using selected geological material from Lake Nakuru and Kiambu Counties, Kenya
(2016)The use of glazes and glaze formulation has evolved over time and glaze styles have been developed with characteristics of certain world regions, out of the use of locally available materials. A pilot study conducted in ... -
A descriptive analysis of the perception of images in selected posters by contemporary kenyans: a case study of Masaku district and Nairobi area
(1990)The Problem Graphic communication in print media form that is available in Kenya sometimes is not sensitive to the perceptual abilities or aesthetic preferences of the public. It's importance in today's world can not ... -
Artistic changes in the development of the Catholic Church vestment in the archdiocese of Nairobi Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2015-10)The rich history of the Catholic Church vestment in Kenya is likely to be lost if it is not documented as most faithful do not know the origins, changes or significance of the vestments. Thus, Christians may not appreciate ... -
Availability and utilisation of traditional material culture in fashion design
(Kenyatta University, 2015-01)The diverse cultures of many Kenyan communities may have not been explored adequately when it comes to the utilisation of traditional material culture for Fashion Design. This study sought to explore the availability and ... -
Mise-en-Scene in Serial Drama Edutainment: A Case of Setting in Siri, a Locally produced Entertainment Education Serial Drama ln Kenya
(2014-03-03)With the growth of entertainment education (E-E) serial dramas worldwide and the extensive evaluation research on their impacts on the audience, techniques employed during their production have received a short shrift in ... -
A study of factors that negatively affect the teaching of art education in Getembe and Keumbo division of Gusii district
(2012-06-04)There is a worldwide revolution in the primary school education with a major aim to meet the needs of the learner and the society. This move has been well received in Kenya. The recently declared innovations in the Kenya’s ... -
A descriptive analysis of the kilning techniques and types of day used by the traditional potters of Lyamagale village in Western province of Kenya, with view to suggesting improvements
(2012-06-04)This study was concerned with finding out what causes pottery wastage in Lyamagale village, Western province of Kenya, when traditional techniques are employed. In an attempt to determine the specific cause (s) several ... -
Akamba sculpture as a means of visual communication: its origins, development and functions
(2012-05-10)This inquiry investigates the origins, the use, the development and the rationale of sculpture among the traditional and the contemporary Akamba Societies. It further investigates those factors within the environment which ... -
Expoloration of selected Kenyan ethnic decorative designs and motifs, and the adaptation of these designs in the decoration of contemporary ceramic ware: a case study of the Coastal region
(2012-04-04)The focus of this study was to select coastal ethnic designs, adapt and apply them as decorations, on contemporary ceramic ware. These designs were collected from Nairobi and Mombasa. Forty four samples of ethnic designs ...
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