Chapter 02 The cartoon as code 03 / 12
A counted document / field note 02

Read the pattern

محور آینه mirror axis / quarter logic

One cell carries one knot

The blue-grey rule turns every coloured square into a counted instruction.

001—024

A quarter can become whole

Mark the mirror axis, then let the field repeat with measured certainty.

025—048

The pencil belongs in the record

Construction lines remain beneath the gouache, keeping each revision legible.

049—072

Borders set the pace

Two guard stripes hold the main field in a rhythm the loom can read.

073—096
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