Pattern

Natural patterns are universally beautiful. When we view the patterns found in wood ––whether it’s a complex fractal or a simple series of cracks ––we perceive beauty. Patterns are everywhere in nature and have moved through art into our culture.

Patterns and decoration have been often seen as a lesser art by the Modernist movements, but across history and eastern cultures, the sensuous, pleasurable, and ornamental are seen every bit as legitimate, complex, and sophisticated as the icons of modernism.

The powerful radiating energy of patterns and their hypnotic effect cannot be denied. The perfect geometry of symmetric radiating shapes chased and embossed into metal by the hand of a skilled artisan reflects the practiced perfection that the discipline of a craft can achieve.