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Starting Out; Drawing Instruments, Basic Operations.

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Drawing Instruments and Getting Started
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Drawing Instruments and Getting Started
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The geometric design discussed here is a discipline of compass and straight edge. The compass is the foundation of geometry. What makes a good one?

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Your Basic Compass: Care and Feeding.
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Your Basic Compass: Care and Feeding.
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Even the best compass leaves two regular maintenance jobs to you. Sharp steel points and leads

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Basic Operations With the Compass; 1 The Bisector
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Basic Operations With the Compass; 1 The Bisector
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Using the compass well, and the most basic operation.

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Basic Operations With the Compass; 2 Angle Bisectors
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Basic Operations With the Compass; 2 Angle Bisectors
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12 Lectures on Pattern.

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Lectures 2019: 1 Approaching Pattern
Lectures 2019: 1 Approaching Pattern

An introduction to how I analyze patterns

Lectures 2019: 2 Dodecagons and Isometrics
Lectures 2019: 2 Dodecagons and Isometrics

Some Classic interlaced dodecagons

Lectures 2019: 3 Turning Corners with Grace
Lectures 2019: 3 Turning Corners with Grace

Turning Corners with Grace.

Lectures 2019: 4 A Classic 10 fold Pattern
Lectures 2019: 4 A Classic 10 fold Pattern

A Classic pattern and some thoughts on what is “correct”

Lectures 2019: 5 A Different Angle on Topkapi
Lectures 2019: 5 A Different Angle on Topkapi

A different slant on the Topkapi scroll.

Lectures 2019: 12 Foundations of the Classic Rosette
Lectures 2019: 12 Foundations of the Classic Rosette

The Rosette is a big part of the art. Defining its Structure.

Lectures 2019: 13 Best Possible Symmetries
Lectures 2019: 13 Best Possible Symmetries
Lectures 2019: 14 Filling Empty spots
Lectures 2019: 14 Filling Empty spots
Lectures 2019: 15 Combining Symmetries, 12 plus 8
Lectures 2019: 15 Combining Symmetries, 12 plus 8
Lectures 2019: 16 Combining Symmetries, 12 plus 9.
Lectures 2019: 16 Combining Symmetries, 12 plus 9.
Lectures 2019: 17 Complex Tilings, 10 Fold
Lectures 2019: 17 Complex Tilings, 10 Fold
Lectures 2019: 18 Mamluk 12 Fold Rosette Pattern
Lectures 2019: 18 Mamluk 12 Fold Rosette Pattern

 Studies of Specific Patterns and Families

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Patterns From Pentagrams
Patterns From Pentagrams

A surprising early Ghurid pattern. Pentagrams define a fourfold symmetry pattern.

Layout Logic of Zellig
Layout Logic of Zellig

A Tradition from the Maghreb.

Studies of the Mamluk Minbars of Cairo

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Ibn Tulun; Lajin’s Minbar
Ibn Tulun; Lajin’s Minbar

The first of the Mamluk Minbars

Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar, 1
Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar, 1

Part one of the drawing of the ibn Tulun minbar is defining how the rosette is drawn, and why.

Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar 2
Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar 2

Drawing the more complex patterns of Salah ad Dins and Lajin’s minbars

Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar 3
Ibn Tulun; Drawing Lajin’s Minbar 3