Essay
Notes on paste and pattern
Demo Artist
Abstract
A short essay on the difference between a pattern that repeats and a pattern that is repeated.
Everything on this page is placeholder text for the Raisonne demo. The artist, the venues and the dates are invented; the images are public-domain works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The ground
A ground is made in one pass. A scan of a ground is made in one pass too, but the passes are not the same kind of pass.
- The comb leaves a rhythm
- The scanner leaves a grid
- Only one of them can be undone
The repeat
A repeat is a promise that nothing new will happen.
The plates in this essay are Open Access images from The Met (opens in a new tab).
References
- Example, A. (2024). On grounds. Sample Press.
- Placeholder, B. (2023). Pattern and repeat. Demo Books.
- Fictional, C. (2022). The scanned hand. Example Review, 12(2).
Details
| Authors | Demo Artist |
|---|---|
| Published in | Journal of Example Studies |
| Published | 20 May 2025 |
| Category | Essay |
| Original | example.com (opens in a new tab) |