I TRIED TO EN CORPERATE SUBTLE IMAGES FROM THE HAIKUS IN MY STAMPS SO THAT WHEN THE READER OF THE ANTHOLOGY LOOKS AT THE COVER OF THE BOOK THEY CAN RELATE TO WHAT IS INSIDE. I THINK WITH THE REPEAT PATTERN IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO FIND A METHOD WHERE I COULD STILL BE QUIETE FREE WITH THE SHAPES I WAS MAKING, INSTEAD OF CONFORMING TOO STRICTLY TO A GRID FORMAT OR STRAIGHT LINES ----- ETC. HAVING NEVER MADE PRINTS BEFORE (AND HAVING A SISTER WHO IS A PRINT DESIGNER) I WAS VERY NERVOUS ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT CREATING A REPEAT PATTERN. HOWEVER, I FEEL THIS METHOD IS IN A WAY SIMILAR TO THE WAY I DRAW, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS ALWAYS DIFFERENT. . . . .
THE FIRST THREE PICTURES WERE MY FIRST ATTEMPTS AT STAMPS - I LOVED HOW QUICKLY THE SHAPES BECAME ABSTRACTED AND TOOK ON DIFFERENT FORMS JUST BY PLACING THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER....
THE NEXT PRINT I MADE, WAS THE ONE I CHOSE TO TAKE FURTHER - I JUST FELT IT WORKED SO WELL WHEN YO PUT ALL THE SEPERATE COMPONENTS TOGETHER - YOU COULD SEE SO MANY DIFFERNT THINGS IN BOTH THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE SPACES....
THESE ARE THE TRIAL COVERS I DID TO SEE HOW THE PATTERN LOOKED AS A REPEAT AND SEE HOW IT LOOKED IN DIFFERENT S C A LES ET C. DUE TO MY LACK OF COMPUTER SKILLS I HAD TO MAKE THE PATTERNS IN MICROSOFT WORD WHICH IS WHY EVERYTHING IS SLIGHTLY OUT OF ALIGNMENT. BUT I QUITE LIKE IT. THE ONE I THINK WORKS BEST IS THE REDUCED SIZE VERTICAL STRIPES COVER...............
