Wave and Ripple Designs

[mdengraver]

Wave and Ripple Designs

Hamonshu: A Japanese Book of Wave and Ripple Designs (1903)

Wonderful selection of wave and ripple designs which would have acted as a kind of go-to guide for Japanese craftsmen looking to adorn their wares with wave and ripple patterns.

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[Aventuraal]

Here's another one from the same site, grotesque alphabet from the 1600's.

An Alphabet of Organic Type (ca. 1650)

A stunning series of letterforms designed in the mid-17th century, writhing forms which hover somewhere between the monstrous and floral

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[mdengraver]

Excellent! Good find!