Octosette

Artwork by Ian Sorlie

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Page E from Book FN08 made into pattern. Through caffeinated hands I bring you the first piece completed in this year of 2023. It is very possible this could become a template for a patterned floor in the future. If I only show the tip of the iceberg at the moment, know there is much to look out for. Thankful for the sun today. #minnesotaartist #mnartist #mnart #artist #artistsoninstagram #geometricart #symmetry #symmetricalart #rapidograph #rapidographdrawing #grid #gridart #griddrawing #fabriano #fabrianopaper #indiaink #indiainkart #lineart #lineartwork #artistoftheday #artworkonpaper #pattern #patternart #fivewattcoffee #octosette (at Five Watt Coffee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYWaOvMBdq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Page I (i) from book FN07. Green/Blue in .35, Blue/Red in .50 with blue trace over, and original sketch Green/Red in .35 with blue trace over. #geometric #geometricart #lineart #linework #rotationalsymmetry #indiaink #indiainkart #indiainkdrawing #drphmartinsbombayindiaink #rapidograph #rapidographdrawing #fabrianopaper #gridart #mnartist #drawing #octosette (at King Field, Minneapolis) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnVdTWsMKLP/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Evening studio session: Soft light edition 2023. Drawing incomplete circles; an exercise in patience. . ‘Portrait from photograph’, 2002-ongoing. Acrylic and sharpie on masonite. 3’ x 4’. . #mnartist #portrait #acrylicpainting #painting #sharpie #mixedmedia #circles #gaze #art #artist #artworks #inprogress #drawing #design #pattern #color #octosette (at King Field, Minneapolis) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm5VhRwMzOE/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Sunday afternoon cooking sesh. Soy curl (thank you Éthique Nouveau) and chickpea shawarma with jalepeños, tomatoes, homemade pickled red onions, cucumber, hummus, lettuce and cashew cream tzatziki sauce. #diy #homemade #cooking #vegan #vegancooking #veganrecipes #veganfood #shawarma #sundayvibes #mealprep #cashewcream #savoryfood (at Kingfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/ClMukzkJl7W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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As I’ve been thinking of what I’ve been eating lately, this has been on the back burner as a great way to integrate more sides to my dishes I’ve been making. Kale, marinated/grilled tempeh, cherry tomatoes, pinto beans/onions/garlic mash, grilled chili corn, sunflower seeds, and coriander/lime/agave dressing. The summer Sun is setting sooner, school is in session while I practice what I’ve learned, moving forward through new steps, seeing what I’ve invested and what I’ve earned. #vegan #salad #homecooking #cooking #veganrecipes #tuesdaymotivation #poetry (at Kingfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/Civ2Y-6sT2A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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My boss recently asked me if I’d be interested in showing some of my work @jackshardwareandfarm. I’ll be rotating through pieces monthly and as they sell. DM for pricing! . #drawing #linedrawing #symmetrical #indiaink #rapidograph #radialsymmetry #symmetry #geometric #geometricart #hardwarestore #octosette (at Jack's Hardware and Farm Supply) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce9p0R7pKg9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Fn08:Page E. Another excursion emulating floral forms through the grid. #fieldnotescommons #fieldnotes #grid #griddrawing #symmetry #stmmetryart #rapidograph #indiaink #linedrawing #sketchbook #workinprogress #layers #shapes #contemporaryart #octosette (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc9fZwds9Pt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Throwback Thursday. This is a sketch when I used to do one line drawings while attending the College of Visual Arts (CVA) in St. Paul exploring what it meant to be an illustrator. My sketchbooks at the time were a mixture of collage, poetry, research, but most upfront a recording device. If you know me well, akin to 4-track cassette tracking. I probably drew this on a break from working at one of the co-ops I’ve been employed at over the years. Circa 2002-2003 possibly? I can say I was more open then, and miss having that unabashed optimism to life/future. Reminding me the present can be just as good. #sketchbook #moleskine #onelinedrwaing #art #poetry #notes #collage #writing #cowboy #smoking #illustration #octosette (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc6f65Ds0KD/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Something to get back into creating digitally. Illustrator to Photoshop and trying to keep things simple. Notes to come. #illustrator #photoshop #graphicdesign #symmetry #grid #griddesign #minimal #texture #octosette https://www.instagram.com/p/CcwdEnpsY_S/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Idea for something new #calligraphy #mandala #symmetry #pattern #octosette (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZsp9Pcssbm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Book 2: Page D 01.10.22. Drew the blue awhile back and decided it was time for some red. Space daisy? Crystallized chrysanthemum? The eye of an ice and fire deity? #geometricart #gridart #artistsoninstagram #radialsymmetry #symmetry #indiaink #rapidograph #lineart #minimal #fabrianopaper #octosette (at Kingfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYkU8kcMQvM/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Book FN04: Page O. 01.03.2022. Something a little more restrained from what I’ve been working on lately but reminds me of how to turn something that seems like it is reductive or secondary into something else. It’s the slow burners that keep me interested in doing sketch work that equates in spades at a future date. Turn the ordinary into something beautiful - something like that. I’ve always thought of seeing if someone would stitch/embroider/tattoo something like this. That’s why I still draw; to connect with the tactile in real time and remain in the moment when I am able. #linedrawing #symmetry #artistsoninstagram #indiaink #geometricart #geometry #symmetrical #drawing #art #rapidograph #fabrianopaper #fabriano #red #blue #gridart #grid #graphpaper #graphpaperart #graphicdesign #minimalism #artwork #fieldnotes #fieldnotescommons #fieldnotesart #fieldnotesartist #octosette (at Kingfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYXsDzlMM4Q/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Pattern made from ideas from an earlier work, Page AS from Book 1: 01.03.2022. 1 day 7 hours 7 minutes 21 seconds in music listened to: Blue: 16 Hours 46 Minutes (+/-) Human Bell - Demo Mark Tester - Oblivian Rhythms Revisited Lee Evans - Aphasic Forest I Before E - Hypothetical Rhythm Codes 2 (unreleased) Senoy - M Eternal Buds - Summer Artifact Morimoto Naoki - Sui 75 Dollar Bill - I Was Real Do Make Say Think - Goodbye Enemy Airship The Landlord Is Dead Ustad Saami - East Pakistan Sky Dravier - 香港 trajectory Zomes - Zomes RXRY - VAEIOUWLS Jason Kolár - Loops & Pieces (2017 -2020) IE - Pome José María Delgado - pasaje Sip/Prezzano - S/T Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music For Airports Landon Caldwell - Global Drift Bitchin’ Bajas - Switched On Ra Alkibar Junior - La Paix Red: 14 Hours 22 Minutes Battles - La Di Da Di Exploded View - Summer Came Early EP Oneida - Preteen Weaponry Shellac - Dude Incredible Lungfish - A.C.R. 1999 Unwound - New Plastic Ideas Q And Not U - No Kill No Beep Beep Roadside Monument - Eight Hours Away From Being A Man Jeff Parker - The New Breed (Deluxe Edition) June Of 44 - Engine Takes To The Water Blonde Redhead - In Expression Of The Inexpressible Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker Shotmaker - Mouse Ear [Forget-Me-Not] Kerosene 454 - Situation At Hand Drive Like Jehu - S/T U.S. Maple - Long Hair In Three Stages Lungfish - Necrophones Fireside - Uomini D’Onore The Iceburn Collective - Polar Bear Suite Mogwai - Happy Songs For Happy People Don Caballero - American Don #pattern #patterndesign #linedrawing #art #artistsoninstagram #rapidograph #indiaink #geometry #geometricart #symmetry #fabrianopaper #graphpaper #graphpaperart #grid #gridart #drawing #artsoundtrack #octosette (at Kingfield) https://www.instagram.com/octosette/p/CYXiG8IMkYo/?utm_medium=tumblr

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32 drawings across two spaces are now on view through March at Industrious. There will be two chances to speak with me in person about my work on Jan 20th @ 3pm and on Feb 17th @ 3:30pm. Come say hello and view some of the work I’ve made over the course of the last two years. #artexhibit #soloartshow #drawing #geometricart #graphpaper #symmetry #linedrawing #octosette (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYVD4isMYll/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Shots from second installation at Industrious. This is at their Downtown Minneapolis location. On view now through the end of March 2022. Thanks to @errrrrrrin for all the help during the process. #industriousminneapolis #soloshow #artistsoninstagram #art #artexhibit #geometricart #lineart #symmetry #octosette (at Minneapolis, Minnesota) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXr6yZJsIWZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Page H from book FN07, 12.19.21 . #rapidograph #indiaink #grid #gridpaper #symmetry #lineart #linedrawing #drawing #geometry #geometrical #geometricalart #fabrianopaper #mosaic #rapidographdrawing #originalart #artistsoninstagram #minimal #gridart #octosette (at Kingfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXr5Btqswx8/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Current studio shots for a friend who lives out of state. My sketchbooks, stencils, pens, inks, and materials that I’ve used over the past 5-7 years now - the stencils are older but really defined their use throughout this period of my work. Two Moleskine hardcover grid notebooks, seven Field Notes books, one Moleskine skinny grid notebook, Rapidograph pens, one 0.5 mechanical pencil, one Xacto knife, an eraser, Dr. Ph. Martins India ink, Amsterdam acrylic ink, and seven boxes of stencils. #artwork #studio #moleskine #fieldnotes #fieldnotescommons #rapidograph #studiospace #sketchbook #stencils #indiaink #octosette (at Kingfield) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWrKXWNFQNe/?utm_medium=tumblr