Crescendo

Crescendo draws its inspiration from several sources. The curved, s-shaped lines of Brown's pattern references the ogee, an architectural form combining a concave and convex arc. The term is also related to mathematics, meaning an inflection point, of which can be seen many times in Crescendo. Additionally, a connection can be made between Brown's textile and the work of Pop artists such as Roy Lichtenstein. Lichtenstein's use of Ben-Day dots gave his works the appearance of comic books or newspaper print. Crescendo's groupings of regularly spaced circles mimic Ben-Day dots in their indication of the gradation from largely white to largely black areas.