Draw Islamic Geometric Star Patterns
By Eric Broug
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Learn how to draw seven geometric star patterns from around the Islamic world, using only a pencil, straight edge, and a pair of compasses. Patterns featured are from Baghdad, Fes, Cairo, Konya, Delhi and Damascus. Suitable for ages 9 and up. No calculations are necessary.
The least complicated way of learning Islamic geometric design is to understand and use the same techniques that craftsmen in the Islamic world have used for centuries. These craftsmen were not mathematicians; they knew how to make things with their hands but they did not use measurements or calculate angles to make their compositions. Their tools were a pair of compasses, a ruler and a pencil. By drawing lines, circles and arcs they were able to make all their patterns and compositions. This is also how you will be able to draw these patterns.This book will teach you how to draw seven different star patterns. All the patterns in this book can be made without calculations and measurements. They can be made by hand or on a computer. All you need to be able to do is draw circles and lines. The tools you need if you are drawing by hand are a pair of compasses, a ruler and pencils. Each pattern is constructed in a step-by-step process.
Eric Broug
Author of several popular books on Islamic geometric design.
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Draw Islamic Geometric Star Patterns - Eric Broug
Draw Islamic Geometric Star Patterns
by Eric Broug
First published in 2014. Copyright 2014 by Eric Broug. Images by Eric Broug. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, including scanning and photocopying, or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or stored in a database or retrieval system without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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Revised edition, October 2015
Total number of pages: 129
Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one’s mind right. All of its proofs are very clear and orderly. It is hardly possible for errors to enter into geometrical reasoning, because it is well arranged and orderly. Thus, the mind that constantly applies itself to geometry is not likely to fall into error. In this convenient way, the person who knows geometry acquires intelligence.
Ibn Khaldun (1332-1406)
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Pattern 1: Al-Mustansariyya Madrasa, Baghdad, Iraq (1227-1234)
Pattern 2: Wikala of Sultan Qaytbay, Cairo, Egypt (1496)
Pattern 3: Karatay Madrasa, Konya, Turkey (1251-1252)