This is the story of the Vajra – the protector of the pines.

He lives in the mountains and in the forests amongst the pines – illuminating the way for many a stranger, striking down those who threaten the pines.

Vajra is the Sanskrit word for “Lightning”

I enjoyed taking one unchanging item (the thunderbolt) and applying it in many different ways so that you get a series of images in the positive and negative spaces : Lighting bolts, Vajra, Mountains and Pine Trees.

The name “Lightning for the Pines” is a play on the phrase “can’t see the forest for the trees” – I thought this was apt since this design deals with exactly just that.

I had a really difficult time choosing between army green and earth brown.

This is another design in a series of experiments where I use a single created shape to play with positive and negative spaces. The microscopic is macroscopically definitive.

I have wanted to do this sort of design for a while and this is one of three so far that I have planned.

This is the second in a series with a style I have never tried before – 1 more to go ;)