My own 'Circles in the Sand'

After I found the article about making patterns in the sand I arranged another trip to the beach to do my own patterns in the sand, instead of using pebbles I used the 175 shells that I collected previously. When I got to the beach I decided to start my patterns by writing the number 175 with pebbles, shells and a stick in the sand. I felt that this would be interesting to look back at and compare the different qualities of each media.

Pebbles-I don't think the pebbles have a particularly interesting look about them in any way, for this reason I was even more sure that i wanted to use shells to make my patterns.

I wasn't really impressed with how the stick writing turned out either so I will remember this for next time.

For the shell number I decided to do two versions. (shown above) I feel that the bottom image shows more potential for ideas relating to patterns.

When I started to think about the patterns that I wanted to create I walked around for a bit to find the best place, somewhere out of the way. I came across this wreckage and thought it would be perfect, so I started to make patterns and here are 4 images showing my personal favorite parts... 

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Out of these images I prefer the pattern with part of the spiral left in (Fig.3) as it really stands out to me, I feel that it has some similarities to the old cave drawings that you see in films/on historical programs. After doing this I am feeling more positive about Unit X, I think I may consider using patterns as a new starting point.