Mono Wave Art

Every aspect of mono wave art is controlled and dealt with by myself, Alex Patterson. All personalised art will be uniquely created. Nothing is mass produced to allow each and every piece of art to be a completely original one off. (mono = one).

Mono- a combining form meaning 'alone';'single;'one; (prefix mono-, mono-tone, mono-cle etc);
Origin - Greek, combining form of mónos alone, singular, unique.

Mono Sound Wave Art Inception

The sound wave art concept was conceived on a summer evening surf session. It was a calm night with decent conditions,.. offshore breeze, 3 ft glassy waves and the sun low in the sky. Out of breath after battling through the breaking waves, I took a moment to recouperate on my board (8ft 6" Red and black mal if you're interested).

As I lay there, I closed my eyes and listened to the waves.... I tried to imagine how the rhythm of the waves crashing onto the shoreline and the gentle swell of the water would look visually.

The contrast between the tranquility of the undulating swell and the gentle breeze juxtaposed against the raw power and speed of the breaking waves.

After a few more waves I returned, exhausted to the car, dried myself off, collected my recording equipment. and made my way back to the shore. I attempted to try and capture something of the essence of the waves

Later that night as I listened again to the waves I decided to try and portray the soundwaves visually.

Development

Using various sound analysis programs and art software, I extracted the sound waves from my recordings. Sound waves are complex and multilayered. Generally they just look a bit too messy and to me did not capture the contrast of the calmness and wild power of the waves.

After trying various techniques I converted the sound wave into a singular or 'mono' wave. With a few more adjustments I had the beginnings of a beautiful wave form.

The mono wave form portrayed the gentle rise and fall of the wave sounds perfectly while encompassing natures unpredictable joxtapose of simplicity and chaos. Using a limited minimalistic colour pallette the sound wave almost looks like the white water of a wave as it is just starting to break.

Personalised Soundwave art

You can easily order or commission a beautiful Mono Wave Art in various styles and products. Just choose your options and your perfect unique abstract work will be created especially for you.

Simply choose your product, size, style and colours. You can then upload your audio or choose any song.

If you have any questions please contact: info@monowaveart.co.uk