Tangle Shuriken
This is my second tangle and it is dedicated to my Japanese students.
“Hira Shuriken” is a Japanese hand blade or throwing weapon. It is a circular disc with 3, 4, 5 and 8 edges with a hole in the centre. The art of wielding the Shuriken is known as Shurikenjutsu and is a part of Martial Arts curriculums in many schools of Japan today.
I was inspired by an anime character, Genji Shuriken, in a computer game “Overwatch”. He uses a 3 sided “Hira Shuriken” blade as his primary, long distance throw weapon.
The image below shows Genji with a supersized “Star Shuriken”. Though the weapon is actually palm sized, its importance basis its deadly effectiveness is expressed by the increased size in the image.
Tangle Shuriken Pattern Examples
I have used the 3 sided shuriken as a repeatable geometric pattern in a grid which is to be drawn with a pencil. The vertical lines of the grid have one more line between the main lines.
Tangle Shuriken moving towards Fragment G25
Tangle Shuriken in motion
Tangle Shuriken surrounded by Mooka and Fragment Q4
Tangle Shuriken mingling with Prentemps
When multiple Shuriken’s are drawn symmetrically, they look as if they are in motion towards a target.
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