This is a layered portrait of a sleeping face wrapped in concentric circles of pure color and pattern. The eye is a burst of iridescent confetti quilled into a teardrop shape, surrounded by radiating bands of purple spirals, soft pinks, golden yellows, and cool greens. Each ring moves outward from the face, getting progressively warmer as the palette shifts toward coral and orange on the outer edge. The outermost frame is a repeating wave pattern in deep navy and periwinkle, anchoring the whole piece.
What makes this work is the restraint paired with boldness. The face itself sits quiet and contemplative in the center, drawn with delicate purple coils forming closed eyes and a subtle mouth. Around it, the artist layered coils so densely that some rings feel like solid bands of color, while others are broken into individual spirals that let light through. The stars scattered throughout add another dimension—some are tiny paper curls, some are printed elements tucked between the layers. The quilled rays shooting outward from the face read like energy or emotion radiating outward.
The piece works as both a meditative portrait and an explosion. It rewards standing close to trace each ring and what it's made from, but it also reads clearly from across the room as a confident, colorful whole. This is technical work disguised as simple—every curve had to be measured and glued down by hand to sit exactly where it does.
At smaller scale, this piece still reads as intricately layered. The concentric rings become a useful visual guide—the eye naturally follows them inward. The navy border frames the composition cleanly on a 5x7 card, and there's plenty of inside space for your own words. The detail holds. You get the full impact of the radiating energy in a format you can actually send to someone.
This is a layered portrait of a sleeping face wrapped in concentric circles of pure color and pattern. The eye is a burst of iridescent confetti quilled into a teardrop shape, surrounded by radiating bands of purple spirals, soft pinks, golden yellows, and cool greens. Each ring moves outward from the face, getting progressively warmer as the palette shifts toward coral and orange on the outer edge. The outermost frame is a repeating wave pattern in deep navy and periwinkle, anchoring the whole piece.
What makes this work is the restraint paired with boldness. The face itself sits quiet and contemplative in the center, drawn with delicate purple coils forming closed eyes and a subtle mouth. Around it, the artist layered coils so densely that some rings feel like solid bands of color, while others are broken into individual spirals that let light through. The stars scattered throughout add another dimension—some are tiny paper curls, some are printed elements tucked between the layers. The quilled rays shooting outward from the face read like energy or emotion radiating outward.
The piece works as both a meditative portrait and an explosion. It rewards standing close to trace each ring and what it's made from, but it also reads clearly from across the room as a confident, colorful whole. This is technical work disguised as simple—every curve had to be measured and glued down by hand to sit exactly where it does.
At smaller scale, this piece still reads as intricately layered. The concentric rings become a useful visual guide—the eye naturally follows them inward. The navy border frames the composition cleanly on a 5x7 card, and there's plenty of inside space for your own words. The detail holds. You get the full impact of the radiating energy in a format you can actually send to someone.
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