Jame Harlo

Koi Fish Mandalas

Koi Fish Mandalas cover

Scales, over and over, in patterns that shift as the fish turns. Meditative or maddening, no in between.

Designs
50
Difficulty
dense
Printing
One side only
Size
8.5 × 11 in

Six pages from inside

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What is in it

Single fish and pairs, always seen from above through water. The scale rows follow the curve of the body so the repetition is never quite mechanical. Lotus pads and ripples fill the space around them.

How it colours

The most repetitive book in the series, which for some people is the entire appeal. Traditional koi colouring is two or three colours only, and the pages are built to reward that restraint.

Also in fish, turtles and the sea