Description
Tea Stain Set (6 drawings, 5.5″ W x 8.5″ H, completed in 2019).
Pattern Language Series:
Assyrians are an inventive people, and this series is another step in my quest to invent something new from something that already exists. Here, I’m seeking a visual language for my culture. Inspired by a child’s toy that teaches the Syriac alphabet, I began to trace the letters’ forms and quickly saw new images emerging. As the letter forms are layered, the overlapping shapes create negative spaces. When filled in, those spaces reveal new letter forms: a new language linked to the past and rooted in the present and future.
