HAIKU ANTHOLOGY REPEAT PATTERN ///

ONE OF OUR SUMMER PROJECTS IS TO DESIGN A REPEAT PATTERN TO GO ON THE FRONT OF A POETRY ANTHOLOGY ((( I.E PENGUIN BOOKS))) I HAVE CHOSEN TO DO AN ANTHOLOGY OF HAIKUS -----JAPANESE POEMS MADE UP OF THREE LINES WITH A SYLLABLE COUNT OF 5/7/5. THEY SEEM TO REFLECT THE NATURAL WORLD IN A SIMPLISTIC, RURAL AND ATMOSPHERIC WAY////WHEN READING THEM THE AUTHOR APPEARS QUITE REMOVED FROM THE READER - I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ARE TRANSLATED FROM JAPENESE TO ENGLISH OR WHETHER IT IS DUE TO THE RIGID STRUCTURE THE POEMS ARE FORCED TO TAKE.
THIS CAUSES AN INTERESTING CLASH OF THE NATURAL IMAGERY AND THE COMPLETELY UN NATURAL FORM. I THINK IT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THESE FACTORS WHEN DESIGNING THE PATTERN.

IT FEELS AS THOUGH YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE PICTURES PAINTED BY THE AUTHORS OF THE SCENERY//TREES//FLOWERS//ETC//THROUGH A HOLE CUT IN A BOX - SO THAT WHILST YOUR VISION IS VERY RESTRICTED, WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THROWN IN TO SHARP CONTRAST AS A RESULT.

THREE EXAMPLES OF THE HAIKUS I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT ARE:

THE MOMENT TWO BUBBLES
ARE UNITED,THEY BOTH VANISH
A LOTUS BLOOMS

A LIGHTENING FLASH:
BETWEEN THE FOREST TREES
I HAVE SEEN WATER

THROUGH MY FINGER PRINTS
ON MY WINDOW-
CLOUDLESS BLUE SKY


I LOVE THIS COVER FOR A BOOK OF EROTIC HAIKU (!). I THINK THE SHAPES AND COLOURS AND BASIC NESS ARE BEAUTIFUL. I THINK IT HAS PERFECTLY CAPTURED THE BALANCE BETWEEN THE STARK FORM OF THE POEMS AND THE NATURAL FORM OF THE PERSON. . . . >>>>>>>





I LIKE THIS HAIKU BOOK COVER BECAUSE YOU CAN BEGIN TO SEE THE FORMATION OF A REPEAT PATTERN IN THE DRAWINGS. IT IS AN INTERESTING IDEA TO SEE HOW QUICKLY IMAGES CAN BECOME ABSTRACTED PURELY BY THE WAY THEY ARE SPACED AND THE RESULTING NEGATIVE SPACE......................>>>>>> >>>> >>



THIS IS A SIMILAR CONCEPT...>>>>>



THIS IS A PENGUIN CLASSICS BOOK COVER OF TENDER IS THE NIGHT---EVEN THOUGHT IT BORE NO REAL CONNECTION WITH THE STORY I REMEMBER THINKING HOW MUCH I LIKED IT. I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU THINK IT IS A REFLECTION UNTIL YOU SEE THE FACES DON'''T MIRROR ENTIRELY.. .. .. .. ..>> >> >>



NEGATIVE SPACE . . . .> > >>>



TRADITIONAL JAPANESE PATTERNS > > >(((BOTTOM RIGHT - "THE MOMENT TWO BUBBLES
ARE UNITED,THEY BOTH VANISH")))





POTATO PRINTS - - - - >



JAPANESE MAHJONG SET - I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE SHAPES AT THE TOP OF THE TILES



TRADITIONAL JAPANESE COLOURS > . > . >