Examples of permutation.

Gombrich page using Trauchen permutations.

Symmetry and or balance. Indian ink, fine and thick pen on stretched paper..

Gombrich (1980:57) ‘The Japanese’ who entered the western world in the nineteenth century created different notions of symmetry or frames.

Branch of rosemary drawn by looking at the plant not the paper. After Semper’s concept of symmetry, proportionality and direction in nature (Gombrich 1980:49).

This drawing is about repetition, a series and hand drawn stone with rosemary herb. Reading about Wornum & Ruskin in Gombriche ‘The Sense of Order’.

Folded squares, ruled and hand drawn lines.

Regular and irregular lines. Using Owen Jones’s analysis of one of the properties of decoration. Ruled and hand drawn lines using graphite and roller ball pen on folded card

Frottage and line in diamonds.

Aim to create a pattern using Frottage and folded paper. WIP from ‘Grammar of ornament’ Owen Jones in Gombrich 1977:53. Frottage using graphite of dried leek skin and a dot. Grid created by folding tissue paper.