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Pattern recognition and identification is the essential work of neurons. Physicists speak of “regularities”—those groupings of matter in the fabric of existence that take shapes which we identify and name. A flower, a ball, a bird, and so on and so on. And then these regularities join together, and they move about and around each other in interesting ways that we recognize as pattern.

This is something that I love: exploring pattern, creating pattern, putting elements and colors and shapes together into patterns, and each time doing something different.
The patterns I am most interested in are those that exist underneath the obvious. And what I mean by that is this: There is a tradition of pattern making that uses grids and repeats, where the position of the element is pre-determined (most printed fabrics are designed this way). And then, in more “primitive” cultures a pattern is simply and intuitively painted, from one corner or end to the other, eventually covering the surface in an apparently random fashion. But when you stand back from the surface underlying patterns emerge.

This is the type of pattern making that I am interested in. When I draw on wood for a carving, I simply begin, directly on the wood, and draw from one end to another, or from the center out. There are underlying rules of balance, harmony and movement that exist in each piece, and yet no two can ever be the same. Just like two roses, or two human beings.


This page of motifs is here not as samples to choose from, for in the way I work no two pieces can ever be the same- but as a way to get started, and to trigger more ideas. Certain elements certainly can be incorporated again, because we all are disposed to love certain things: flowers, or particular animals, or even shapes and colors-but in each case the combinations will be unique. The diversity is what makes life and art so wonderful—HR


bird butterfly butterfly cabinet cactus cattails
Birds Butterflies Butterflies2 Cactus Cattails
columns datura pike flowers geometric
Columns Datura Kashapiwi Pike Flowers Geometric
ladybug ladybug lily yellow lily pomegranite
Ladybug Ladybug Lily Lily Pomegranite
poppies poppy ram raven roses
Poppies Poppy Ram Ravens Roses
spirals sunflower tree turtle zebra
Spirals Sunflower Trees Turtle Zebra
detail cabinet
poppy drawer pulls
hollyhock geometric  
Detail Cabinet Poppy Drawer Pulls Hollyhocks Geometric  
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