Patterns

Quarter Moon

A repeating pair of full and crescent discs that reads, depending on how the eye lands on it, as moon phases or as pure optical-art geometry.

  • Mid-Century Modern
  • Celestial
Quarter Moon

A repeating pair of discs - one full, one crescent - set into a steady grid. Depending on how the eye lands on it, the pattern reads as moon phases passing across the sky, or as pure optical-art geometry from the 1960s.

Both readings are correct. The crescent is one of the oldest patterns in any culture, and full-and-crescent pairs show up in everything from medieval astronomical diagrams to mid-century textile design. Bridget Riley and the Op Art generation reached for the same shape because the disc, paired with its bitten-out twin, makes the surface vibrate.

At jewelry scale the pair tightens to a single pendant or earring. The field of moons collapses into one full disc and one crescent, sitting against each other in metal.

From this pattern

Quarter Moon Long Earrings

Quarter Moon Long Earrings

aluminum earrings

Quarter Moon Pendant

Quarter Moon Pendant

aluminum pendant

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The same patience that fills a pendant fills a panel.