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Part 1 of Biomorphs of the Indomalayan Realm onlin

Part 1 of Biomorphs of the Indomalayan Realm online class rendered by @haneefahusmani

Part 2 starts in 3 hours, link in the stories. We will visit divine patterns from Kelantan, Malaysia.

“My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Trac

“My place is the Placeless, my trace is the Traceless ;
'Tis neither body nor soul, for I belong to the soul of the Beloved.
I have put duality away, I have seen that the two worlds are one;
One I seek, One I know, One I see, One I call. ”

― Mawlana Jalal-al-Din Rumi

Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one's m

Geometry enlightens the intellect and sets one's mind right. All its proofs are very clear and orderly. ... In this convenient way, the person who knows geometry acquires intelligence.

Ibn Khaldun, 1332-1406

This is an archived online Platonic solids session by @adamwilliamsonart manifesting projected isometric drawings of the 5 solids with compass + straight edge. In the second session we build the platonic solids with chickpeas and cocktail sticks.

Link in the stories

Book recommendation, Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice by Robert Lawlor

Final image by @inesarosteguiartes

NEW MINI-SERIES – Islamic Geometry Journal Taug

NEW MINI-SERIES – Islamic Geometry Journal

Taught by Richard Henry, this NEW SERIES will focus upon patterns from the Islamic Geometry Journal (Wooden Books 2019)

All Registrants will receive a FREE signed copy of the Islamic Geometry Journal, invites to all LIVE sessions and lifetime access to class recordings and supporting material.

The Islamic Geometry Journal is a beautifully presented luxury journal/notebook created by award winning publisher Wooden Books. Bound within a leatherette cover, it comprises 160 pages of watercolour-quality paper, lined, gridded and blank, together with reproductions of 32 original drawings by Richard Henry gathered from his classes and study trips over the last 10 years.

NEW ! ONLINE Drawing from the Past: Working with M

NEW ! ONLINE
Drawing from the Past: Working with Medieval Manuals of Geometry.

This presentation will be taught by Katya Nosyreva PhD and facilitated by Adam Williamson.

Historical references on the construction of Islamic geometric patterns are rare, but what we do have offers fascinating glimpses of practical methods, thought processes, and the world-view of medieval Islamic craftsmen.
In this special two-part introduction we will explore two rare and remarkable documents dealing with geometric modes of construction:

A Book on Those Geometric Constructions Which Are Necessary for a Craftsman, written by the tenth century mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā’ Būzjānī (940-998) and an anonymous Persian compendium entitled On Similar and Complementary Interlocking Figures, a practical manual on geometry, appended to a Persian translation of al-Būzjānī’s text.

We will work through a series of constructions from these documents. Evolving from theoretical principles of Euclidean geometry, some of the diagrams can be traced to architectural scrolls and ornamental architectural solutions. These exercises will provide us with some understanding of the early roots of the incredibly complex vocabulary of the Islamic geometric patterns and their relationship to such disciplines as surveying and arithmetic.
We will explore how questions of practical/applied geometry were discussed by mathematicians and practitioners of various crafts, and how the practice of drawing geometric designs constituted a tradition of recoding and transmitting architectural knowledge. The diagrams in these documents visually evoke concepts of beauty and order rooted in the harmony of proportionally interrelated figures and, in part, explain the timeless fascination that geometry holds for contemporary artists and practitioners.
Drawing from the Past: Working with Medieval Manuals of Geometry PART 1

Sunday's 10th & 17th January 2021
15:00- 18:00
British Summer Time – Time zone in United Kingdom (GMT)

Kitāb fī mā yaḥtaj ilayh al-ṣāniʿ min al-aʿmāl al-handasiyya (A Book on Those Geometric Constructions Which Are Necessary for a Craftsman), Abū al-Wafā’ Būzjān

Biomorphs of the Indomalayan Realm Thursday 7th a

Biomorphs of the Indomalayan Realm

Thursday 7th and 14th of January 2021

Upcoming online presentations taught by @adamwilliamsonart inspired by his studies with Norhaiza Noordin and research in Malaysia, China and Indonesia.

We will study patterns from the The Forbidden City in Beijing, China. From Kelantan, Malaysia and Jepara, Java. Many Islamic styles in the Middle East have been inspired by Chinese art forms and then returned to Southeast Asia in a confluence of styles resulting in sublime syncretic masterpieces.

Image from Ceiling panel pulpit, Surau Laggar, Kelantan, 1874, cegal wood. Spirit of Wood: The Art of Malay Woodcarving: Noor,Farish, Khoo, Eddin, Lok, David:

We will look at the inherent symbolism within these patterns including the gateway (pintu gerbang) which represents a human body and popular compositions such as the awan larat (meandering clouds), buah buton (stupa) and gunungan (mountan peaks) are seen as representations of the unending spiral of life, power and unity.

Many of these motifs have long journeys from Hindu-Buddhist roots flowering in more vegetive forms with advent of arrival of Islam such as the daun dewa (deity leaf) or daun Langkasuka

Podcasts by @artilluminatedpod Spotify links in th

Podcasts by @artilluminatedpod Spotify links in the stories 💫

The Cosmic Tree, Tuba in its macrocosmic form grow

The Cosmic Tree, Tuba in its macrocosmic form grows at the uppermost limits of the universe. In its microcosmic form, it’s cultivation depends upon the mystic.
The tree has sent down its roots, sent up its trunk, and spread out its branches, so that this world, the world is Symbols, and the world of Archetypes, are all contained by this tree. It’s the symbol of wisdom which, through roots in meditation, bears fruit of the spirit.

In a series of online biomorphic classes this winter we will gaze upon and explore The tree of life

References. Ibn Arabi, Behbahan Fars, Laleh Bakhtiar

We can still travel back in time and feel the bara

We can still travel back in time and feel the baraka from these sacred spaces and timeless smiles. Even in the empty hidden archive down in the crypt we are elevated 💫 We spent last week lost in architectural and pattern folios at The Courtauld Institute of Art, Somerset House on the Strand. Thanks to Head of Digital Media, Tom Bilsond for leaving a window open for us to access these resources, many of the images are from over a century old and not been seen before, they record buildings in places like Mosel that have been destroyed or damaged.

Pictures by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and Byron (not that one). Only a handful of people have see these images, there are 1 million architectural images and it's estimated to take a 100 years to catalogue them so we have been recording relevant images and adding them to our online travel/monument archive on our website.

Translation unit based on Catalogue No 62 from the

Translation unit based on Catalogue No 62 from the Topkapi Scroll. Timelapse extract from the Week 3 class. We continue with more stunning patterns from the scroll today.
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Radiance from @rayhana.k.h.art illuminating our wa

Radiance from @rayhana.k.h.art illuminating our way with sacred medallion meditations.

If you would like to draw and meditate on this shamsah dome from the Sheik lotfollah mosque in Isfahan, follow this link https://artofislamicpattern.com/online-classes/online-course-archive/online-lotfollah-shamsah-dome/#/0

New online presentation: Plaster Carving Particip

New online presentation:
Plaster Carving

Participate in the most delicately fulfilling carving experience by realising patterns in a traditional medium.

This is a unique opportunity to study stucco/ plaster carving with a practicing sculptor live from his studio. Adam will share stories from his experiences training with and interviewing many carving masters from around the world.

The patterns used for the intro exercises will focus on the geometric and biomorphic patterns and techniques of the Islamic lands, techniques and skills shared will draw on a multitude of world traditions.

Participants will practice relief & piercing carving techniques and receive an introduction to plaster casting and mold making. There will also be to opportunity to use the zewana and traditional chisels from Morocco.

PLASTER CARVING – GEOMETRY
Sunday 29th November 2020
15:00- 18:00
British Summer Time – Time zone in United Kingdom (GMT)

PLASTER CARVING – BIOMORPHIC (ARABESQUE)
Sunday 6th December 2020
15:00- 18:00
British Summer Time – Time zone in United Kingdom (GMT)

It all feels like a dream, but we will be back run

It all feels like a dream, but we will be back running study trips again!

Artwork by @jennifanchowdhury you can download thi

Artwork by @jennifanchowdhury you can download this 3 part class by @adamwilliamsonart called The Mystery of the Mexuar via the link in the stories 💫

This is one of the first patterns you encounter when you enter the Alhambra Palace, its synonymous with the architecture of Nasrids Spain.

Mexuar is derived from the Arabic term Maswar, the place where the Surah or Counsel of Ministers met. It was also the place or hall where the Sultan dispensed justice.

We draw a series of Alicatados (cut ceramic) rosettes and look at the alternative centres and weaving techniques.

Lights going to stream in through those hibernatio

Lights going to stream in through those hibernation windows, illuminating the pearl at the kernel. Painting by Tomoe @vibalchemy from the online class ’The Façade of Comares’ remember @adamwilliamsonart ’s sessions can be downloaded for free if you are in hard times, link in the stories.

As we head into winter hibernation, remember the c

As we head into winter hibernation, remember the community we all forged in the first lockdown? We have the eternal flowing forth from the bristles of our brushes 🎨
It’s going to be ok, stay safe everyone🍁

Calligraphy is spiritual geometry made manifest th

Calligraphy is spiritual geometry made manifest through physical tools”. Attributed to Yaqut al-Mustasimi

Special upcoming session discussing the place of Calligraphy with the decorative canon with sacred arts in the east and west, comprising of Calligraphy, Geometry and Arabesque.

This ONLINE presentation and course taught by the celebrated calligraphers Paul Antonio @pascribe & Soraya Syed @artofthepen session facilitated by @AdamWilliamsonart

Saturday 14th November 2020
15:00- 18:00

There will be practical introductions tools, materials an introduction to western Quadrata script and the proportioning system attributed to Ibn Muqla (d. 940) who is an iconic figure in Arabic calligraphy

Textualis Quadrata was the basis of most the scripts used in the Gothic/Mediaeval period. It reflected the geometry used in the cathedrals and rose windows of the time by placing emphasis on the square, circle, quadrant, lozenge and vertical downstrokes.

The session can be observed or participatory. Equipment link below.

Calligraphy in the Decorative canon
Saturday 14th November 2020
15:00- 18:00
British Summer Time – Time zone in United Kingdom (GMT)

@adamwilliamsonart teaching free Hatayi, penç and

@adamwilliamsonart teaching free Hatayi, penç and Yaprak motif class today with @thecreativedimension

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