Embroidered Collage

I decided to try another page where the ripple pattern was contained within a shape. The butterfly worked really well, especially since I carefully chose where to put the origination points.  Then I wondered what would happen if one ripple set off the other ripples as it expanded to touch the origination points.  This page was my first try and I wasn't pleased with the effect.

For the second try I only expanded one origination point at a time, switching to a new one as the ripple I was working on touched it.  The pattern turned out very different than the rest of the sketchbook and more appealing than the first version.

I visited the Michener Art Museum and took a closer look at one of the geometric based pieces of modern art.  The patterns could have been used to fill the entire picture plane, but instead it made an irregular shape with less detail at the edges.  I decided to try a version of that with the ripple pattern.

I thought the result was interesting enough that I tried two other variations, creating blank space in different parts of the picture to change the visual emphasis.  I think I like the third one best, especially since it seems to have a three-dimensional effect to it.

See the previous three spreads.