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Hydra Hydria

This project was started on an impulse! Will be done register by register, gradually.

Project image
Final pattern

Pattern Prototyping

Reference!

Caeretan Hydria, 520–510 BCE, from Caere, Etruria. Currently on view at the Getty Villa!

Reference object

Lines

Prototyping different ways of splitting up the background space.

Process

Part 1: The Hydra

Because this is a bigger project, I'm going register by register, starting from the main section: the hydra! The pattern here as guiding horizontal lines so I can match the horizontal swirls on the glass.

Hydra pattern
Hydra register