The third project of the semester, TEXTURE/FIGURE/GROUND , 50/50/b/w and Pattern is by far one of the most unique exercises. For this assignment, students were to use unpredictable patterns acquired by rubbing a black crayon on a piece of paper placed on on objects or surfaces. Understanding the type of pattern that would be accepted was a rather confusing step. This assignment was a way for me to get a better understanding on how seemingly random patterns can become one balanced piece.

Initially I thought this assignment to be simple in comparison to the first. How difficult could it be to find 12 rubbings? I asked myself. It wasn’t until I spent the following 2 weeks roaming around the school and my neighborhood rubbing crayons on random things that it hit me how demanding this assignment was. This helped me see things differently in a way. My mind now drifts into thinking different ways in which patterns can be modified.