Philip Edward Harding
Pattern Work, 2018 - 2019
In September 2017 my brother began sleeping in my art studio. I won’t go into details here but briefly, we were able to get him a diagnosis, that of early onset dementia. With a diagnosis he could get disability and in March of 2020, just before the start of the pandemic, he was able to move out of my studio and into a group home.
During those few years I wasn’t able to do any drawing and painting in the studio and instead retreated into the digital realm, where I started making patterns, of which those below are just a small sample. For most of these I would start by sampling one of my earlier works of art, mirror it vertically and horizontally to form a repeat unit, them go about modifying it in what felt like a near infinite number of ways. I didn’t have a use for them but near the end I submitted the set below to eight to ten fabric makers. Three were polite enough to send rejection letters but the rest were ghosts. I had a few of them printed on fabrics on my own with mixed results. More recently I’ve been adapting some of the motifs to pendant designs.
More on that once they are ready to show.
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 4000 x 4000 pixels
Date: 2019
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Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 4000 x 4000 pixels
Date: 2019
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Title: Circling Squares #2
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 4000 x 4000 pixels
Date: 2019
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Title: Circles and Squares, F series
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 4000 x 4000 pixels
Date: 2019
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Size of Repeat Unit: 4000 x 4000 pixels
Date: 2019
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Size of Repeat Unit: 2975 x 2975 pixels
Date: 2019
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Size of Repeat Unit: 3074 x 3074 pixels
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Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 3074 x 3074 pixels
Date: 2019
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Title: Kaleidoscope
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 3500 x 3500 pixels
Date: 2019
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Title: Lozenge Complex
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 2400 x 2400 pixels
Date: 2019
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Title: Magic Carpets
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 2500 x 2500 pixels
Date: 2019
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Title: Magnification
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 5000 x 5000 pixels
Date: 2019
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Title: Mandala Pattern, Series 8
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 3600 x 3600 pixels
Date: 2018
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Title: Mandala Pattern, Series 8b
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 3600 x 3600 pixels
Date: 2018
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Size of Repeat Unit: 2100 x 2700 pixels
Date: 2018
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Size of Repeat Unit: 2100 x 2700 pixels
Date: 2018
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Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 4500 x 4500 pixels
Date: 2018
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Title: Mandala Pattern, Series 9d
Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 1500 x 1500 pixels
Date: 2018
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Size of Repeat Unit: 1800 x 1800 pixels
Date: 2018
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Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 4656 x 4962 pixels
Date: 2019
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Size of Repeat Unit: 3152 x 3152 pixels
Date: 2019
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Size of Repeat Unit: 5400 x 5400 pixels
Date: 2019
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Size of Repeat Unit: 1500 x 1500 pixels
Date: 2019
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Media: Digital image
Size of Repeat Unit: 3080 x 3080 pixels
Date: 2019
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