Creating these spliced artworks comes from originally making a single image with curving, organic, wobbly lines (figure 1). I started with a light blue solid background and drew layers of dark blue, pink, and purple watercolors on top. Next, I drew lines on top, following but not confined, to the watercolor layers' shape to create a fluid movement from one corner of the image to the opposite. Once these guide lines were laid down, I went in and drew thinner lines between them, alternating sides, until the space between them forced me to draw closed loops. When all the lines were drawn, I then went in and altered the colors of them, making a version with cool colored lines, one with brighter pinks, and one where they were eliminated all together. 

Once the original image is finished, creating the splices is a matter of rotating and overlapping copies so that it appears as if the lines connect, change color, or disappear. The two splices (figures 2 and 3) feature the same section of the original image, cut up in different ways. The first (figure 2) has a more simple layout, with the lines cut only once, and a line-less watercolor space at the bottom for asymmetry. The second (figure 3) is more complicated, putting together 3 different color compositions with lines and two line-less sections at the top and bottom. The last one is more of a banded look, with eye movement from left to right following the lines, whereas the first splice moves more vertically.

My original splices were made with Tayasui Sketches for apple iOS. Drawing the lines had to be done with just the tip of my finger, requiring diligence and patience as I struggled to draw lines so closely together on a screen smaller than 3 x 6 inches. I would zoom in and out of the canvas to intentionally make some lines more wobbly or smooth.