Circles and dots (in pattern)

This post is again about circles and dots, as I originally planned to do in my Week of the Circle (see former post). Life with all its complications came in the way however, but my focus remained, so I simply extend 'my week' since this is my place, my very own, where I can do whatever I want, now isn't that fantastic, the idea alone?!

The focus on circles started by reading/browsing the book Elements of Design. And boy, once you focus on this design element (and I suppose this holds true for any topic), how often do you see it around you, in everything, in clothes, in logo's, in jewelry, printed matter, nature, urban structures, I could go on and on...

I have always been attracted to this kind of beads, but never realized why, I just adore it!

But now I begin to discover, it could be because of the contrast, the neutral colours, maybe it is the circle...

this picture from the book gave me a 'pang', love it, love it!

Circles (dots) in a lined pattern even make me feel more thrilled. Soon after seeing this photograph, I discovered Lisa Sarsfield's blog, where to my surprise I saw almost similar lines, now is this focus or synchronity? Please go and have a look at Lucky Dip
Lisa is a very talented lady...

now what's not to love about this?

This is work of Maarten Stuer. Dots, dots and circles, the light falling through so beautifully;
you can find more of his fabulous sculptures here

Another artist I admire is Cristina Guwang, a potter that makes 'bols', which is French for little, round bowls.

Bols are an addiction of me that started a long time ago when I was living in Europe, it kind of stopped when we moved to St. Maarten where I don't see them being made. But the love is still there I realised when I discovered Christina's lovely work.

This one is heading in the direction of my next post that will be about circles in nature.
Guwang's website is here

I hope you enjoyed today's dots and circles, thanks for visiting!

Regina