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Motifs and Patterns to Use in Simple Designs

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Walter Crane was an influential designer over a century ago:Line & Form by Walter Crane

Following are some of Crane’s suggestions for using curves in Design.

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Slender Petal Shapes in Designs

Image Credit: Walter Cran

Brush Forms.

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Relation of Design to Boundary: Simple Linear Motives and Pattern Bases.

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Surface Extension: Repeating Patterns Built Upon (1) Square And (2) Circular Basis.

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(1) Contrasting Surfaces of Warp and Weft in Woven Silk Hanging; (2) Stencil Principle.

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1. Units of Simple Inlay Pattern; 2. Motive for Inlaid Pattern Built of the Same Units; 3. Treatment of Form as Pattern Units for Inlaid Work; 4. Pattern Motive for Inlaid Work

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Tree Of Typical Pattern Forms, Units, and Systems.

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Sketches to Show Use of Counterbalance, Quantity, and Equivalents in Designing.

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