Challenge 49 - Broken Circles and Gesalt Principle of Closure

Art Quilt Challenge Group                  April 11, 2015/due May 9, 2015         at Lyons Quilting

 

Challenge  49          Broken Circles/Gesalt principal of Closure

Use broken, divided, interrupted, unwound, incomplete, lopsided, gesalt circles in your piece.  An unwound circle is a spiral, a circle set free.  A broken circle might be a half circle or a shattered circle.  A divided circle might be the yinyang symbol or peace sign.  Gesalt closure is when your mind sees a circle even though it is not a whole circle (viewer's perception completes the shape)



Gesalt Principle of Closure

Example: Sculpture by Howard Smith

 

 References:

http://joemoran.co.uk/fractured/brokencircle6/

http://www.stevesteinmanfineart.com/broken-circles-sculpture/

https://www.pinterest.com/scrinbham/art-quilts-curves-and-circles/

http://www.fiberfantasies.com/wordpress/category/art-quilt-series-of-mine/circles-of-blackcircles-of-white-series/

http://mysterybayquiltdesign.com/2014/05/30/completion-of-working-in-series-quilts/

http://www.robbieklow.com/Gallery.asp

http://dead-logic.tumblr.com/post/16060794442/enso-is-a-japanese-word-meaning-circle-an-enso

http://daphne.palomar.edu/design/gestalt.html

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2014/03/28/design-principles-visual-perception-and-the-principles-of-gestalt/

http://www.leonardo.info/isast/articles/behrens.html