Holiday workshops: Drawing Islamic geometic patterns (ages 9–11)

Islamic Geometric patterns have adorned palaces, madrassas and mosques and illuminated Manuscripts from Spain across to China from the 8th century till now. In this session we will recreate a few of these historical patterns using a compass and straight edge the same tools that would have been used by countless geometers & artisans for centuries across the Islamic Lands as well as templates and grids. We will begin by familiarising ourselves with the tools and a run through of the processes and practicalities involved with examples of potential outcomes. On a blank sheet of paper, we will then draw a series of lines and circles to construct the underlying grid. From this underlying grid a range of patterns can be drawn. We will then outline and colour the eightfold patterns and see how they relates to a wider system of shapes and patterns all drawn from the same underlying grid of lines and circles.

This workshop is strictly for ages 9–11 only.

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