Thursday, November 4, 2010

Seeking Notan

Hand-cut black construction paper glued to sheets of white tag, 18" x 12".






7 comments:

elle said...

Where'd the colour go??? LOL I don't much care for the first. But the others, yes!!! I guess I like the more organic curves and the "don't fence me in stuff" hmm, isn't that a southern cowboy thing? Glad you are back!

Lori said...

The notan is fabulous! I like them all, and really LOVE the 5th one (labeled notan4.jpg). I like that it is off-center - just adds a little something with the move away from pure symmetry. I also like that it has a very retro/mid-century modern feel. Very inspiring! Thank you for showing us these.

Terri Stegmiller said...

These are all fun and very interesting designs. This is one exercise I've been wanting to do for a long while but keep forgetting to get black paper.

Glen QuiltSwissy said...

wow! Way cool. I like them all. It took me a minute to get them but when I did it was magic!
glen

Yasmin Sabur said...

The last image took several looks. Notan is really a great stretching exercise.

Nina Lise@Mrs Moen said...

That is so cool! I have been experimenting with tree shapes this way just this week.-)

Jan said...

I remember seeing this exercise in a Quilting Arts mag and I know it was a Jane Dunnwold article. I made a couple of these too but never did anything with them. I especially like your starburst one. They are fun to make, aren't they.