Patterns

Fifty original patterns, drawn from Islamic geometry, Japanese joinery, Celtic interlace, Art Deco and architectural ironwork. Every one is built on symmetry, repeats cleanly, and holds its reading at any size.

One pattern can be a pendant, a window screen, or a wall two stories high.

At architectural scale

A pattern you can walk past

A pierced panel carrying the pattern: a room divider, a floor-to-ceiling screen, a window screen, a stair guard, a wall facing, or a run that crosses a long wall.

Every panel is a commission. I draw the pattern for the space it goes into rather than pulling one off a shelf, and you see it standing in your own room before anything gets made.

A pierced screen dividing a room

A screen drawn to make a small apartment into two rooms.

See the architectural work →

At surface scale

Fabric, paper and cloth

The same patterns become fabric by the yard, wallpaper by the roll, table linens, curtains and cushion covers. Color opens the range here, so a surface design can draw on a wider set of styles than a cut panel can.

Twelve of the patterns are drawn for surface repeat, and these are the strongest of them.

These are available for licensing. If you print fabric, paper or home goods, write to me and we will work out the terms.

At hand scale

One piece of the field, worn

The smallest version of the same work. A single piece of the pattern is cut from aluminum or brass and sized to the body, so what reads as a whole field on a wall reads as one fragment of it in the hand.

Thirty-five designs, as pendants and as earrings.

Alcazar

Alcazar

Pendant and earrings in aluminum and brass

Alcazar Woven

Alcazar Woven

Pendant in brass

Arabic Fourfold

Arabic Fourfold

Pendant in aluminum and brass

Arabic Fourfold Woven

Arabic Fourfold Woven

Pendant and earrings in brass

Braided Rug

Braided Rug

Pendant and earrings in aluminum and brass

Breeze Cross

Breeze Cross

Pendant and earrings in aluminum

Cairo

Cairo

Pendant in aluminum and brass

Cartoon Snowflake

Cartoon Snowflake

Pendant in aluminum and brass

Celosia

Celosia

Pendant and earrings in aluminum

Celtic Interlace

Celtic Interlace

Pendant and earrings in brass

Cholla

Cholla

Pendant in aluminum

Dahlia

Dahlia

Pendant in aluminum

Deco Fan

Deco Fan

Pendant and earrings in aluminum

Diamond Drift

Diamond Drift

Pendant in aluminum

Edwardian Grate

Edwardian Grate

Pendant in aluminum

Edwardian Grate Woven

Edwardian Grate Woven

Pendant and earrings in brass

Ginkgo

Ginkgo

Pendant and earrings in aluminum and brass

Girih

Girih

Pendant and earrings in aluminum

Girih Woven

Girih Woven

Pendant and earrings in brass

Gothic Trefoil

Gothic Trefoil

Pendant in aluminum

Honeycomb Vines

Honeycomb Vines

Pendant in aluminum and brass

Honeycomb Vines Woven

Honeycomb Vines Woven

Pendant and earrings in brass

Italica

Italica

Pendant in brass

Italica Woven

Italica Woven

Earrings in brass

Ogee Trellis

Ogee Trellis

Pendant in aluminum

Quarter Moon

Quarter Moon

Pendant and earrings in aluminum

Semaphore

Semaphore

Pendant and earrings in aluminum and brass

Shippo

Shippo

Pendant and earrings in brass

Shippo Woven

Shippo Woven

Pendant and earrings in brass

Star Lattice Woven

Star Lattice Woven

Pendant and earrings in brass

Tri Propeller

Tri Propeller

Pendant in aluminum

Tri Zag

Tri Zag

Pendant in aluminum and brass

Triangle Drift

Triangle Drift

Pendant in aluminum

Truchet Drift

Truchet Drift

Pendant and earrings in aluminum

Truchet Drift Woven

Truchet Drift Woven

Pendant and earrings in brass

There is no online store. Pieces turn up at markets and events around Santa Fe and Albuquerque, and otherwise I fill requests directly.

If you want one, write to meand say which design.

Ask about adapting a pattern

Nothing here is fixed. Any pattern on this page can be redrawn for a particular project, at a particular size, in a particular material, and most of them change between the first drawing and the one that gets made.

Tell me which pattern caught your eye and what you want to do with it.algoristanm@gmail.com