01
The border makes the promise
Repeat the edge motif around every field so the eye knows where the story begins.
01 / Edge
Field note 04 · Form / meaning
Make the pattern speak
Pattern
04 / 04
02
Colour carries the rhythm
Set one saturated ground against turquoise, marigold, and tomato; keep every plane flat.
02 / Ground
03
Words belong inside the cloth
Put the ohabolana in a heavy band above the lower border, never beneath the composition.
03 / Band
04
One field, many lives
Design for a 50 × 65 inch rectangle that can wrap, sling, hang, or travel.
04 / Life