Journal

Short notes on how the pieces are made, and what I learn while making them.

• Choosing a palette before a pattern2026-10-05

  For a long time I picked colours last. Now they come first, and the patterns get simpler for it.

• On keeping a log of parameters2026-08-21

  I lost a favourite piece last year because I could not remember the numbers behind it. Now every sketch gets a line in a plain text file.

• Notes on spacing and angle2026-05-02

  Two numbers decide most of what you see: how far apart the lines are, and how far one grating is turned from the other.

• Why two gratings are enough2026-03-14

  Almost every piece in this gallery starts with the same idea: draw one regular structure, draw a second one almost like it, and let the eye find the third.