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Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.
Thomas Merton

@adamwilliamsonart is out in Baku teaching geometry of structure. If you'd like make a series of geometric 3D models over the weekend of the 28 & 29th March 2020 DM or visit the website for details.
We will fold complex geometric Islamic patterns with ease and then use these as a basis to build artworks reminiscent of the famous domed muqarnas doomed ceilings.

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We spent last week in the old Moorish district of Granada, Spain teaching a group from Carleton College, USA. Next month we will host Agnes Scott College ‪from Atlanta. We organise private tours to multiple locations for colleges, schools and groups from 5 to 40 participants. DM for information.‬

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Flow with the grain.
Here are the fabulous results of our recent marquetry class in the London studio. There will be a weekend Marquetry class on the 30th & 31st May 2020. Register on the website or DM for the link. Greetings to you all from a crystal clear day in Granada!

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Recent plaster carving class at @szgmc_ae
We will be back in the UAE in June.

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Circumvolution: A turning or winding movement around a central axis.
Circumvolute: Wind or turn in volutions, 🐌 circum is root for circle and volute stands for twist. So, the word becomes twist in a circle.

Volute (volvere, to roll) is the root for evolution and revolution. Everything is flowing in spirals, we must keep on moving, making and turning like dervishes.
Plaster carved demo by @adamwilliamsonart here at @szgmc_ae where we have just finished a 2-day master class. #
If you'd like to learn this art, we have upcoming classes scheduled in London, Toronto, DC, Dallas and more to come. DM for details.
Also more UAE 🇦🇪 classes in the next few months with @baytalqindeel

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Pierced plaster carving by @adamwilliamsonart

The pattern is from a Jaali screen in Humayyan's Tomb, Delhi, India. Variations also appear in the Tomb of Akbar, Agra and in Qait Bey, Cario.
There's an opportunity to join a 2-day plaster carving masterclass with Adam next week in Abu Dhabi.

https://www.szgmc.gov.ae/en/Ewan

Or London the first week of February
https://www.psta.org.uk/open-programme/plaster-carving-4

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Painting by our tutor @adamwilliamsonart
Enamel 1shot paint, Mack pinstriping typhoon brush on plywood penny skateboard.

He will be teaching signwriting brush skills on Skateboards for 14-18 year olds in the summer with @thecreativedimension DM for details.

Will are also finalising our Canada/US tour in July 2020, Toronto and DC are on the website and it’s already filling up! Dallas, NYC and Seattle hopefully confirmed soon.

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Patterns by @jeeamirza & @r.k.h.arts taught by our tutor @richardhenryart on the current Geometry Masterclass exploring 5/10-Fold symmetry in our London studios.
Check out the website for all the upcoming course and trips 🌎

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Zelij workshop here in Brazil. What a lovely group with smiles as colourful as the mosaics.
If you'd like to make some ceramic tiles with us in London or Fez, Morocco. DM us or check the website for details.

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Surpreendente week here in Brazil with @halkafinearts. Carving, folding, drawing and assembling Islamic patterns from around the world!
DM if you'd like to learn plaster carving, next sessions in London are in January 2020

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London weekly Saturday classes starting again this weekend, register on the website in the bio.
This video shows the construction of moorish pattern in the previous post.

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Illuminating week teaching in the UAE, we hope to be back in Jan 2020 for more classes. DM us for info. Next week simultaneous courses in Brazil 🇧🇷 and Saudi 🇸🇦

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Pencil drawing by @inesarosteguiartes on our last Granada Study trip!
Next week will be drawing patterns like these in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, so get in touch if you’d like to join us.

Pattern analysis @adamwilliamsonart
#granada #geometry #plaster #stucco #courtoflions #sacredgeometry #geometry #drawing #class #chisels #sacredgeometry #pattern #geometricpattern #islamicart #adamwilliamsonart #adamwilliamson #sacredgeometry #geometry #drawing #pattern #geometricpattern #artofislamicpattern #islamicpattern #arabesque #rumi #biomorphic #islimi #pattern #ceiling #mosque #mandalaart #mandala_universe #mandaladesign #travel #interiordecoration #pencildrawing

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We coil & curve, twist & twirl, warp & weft, knit & knot, intertwine & interlace. We interweave & we are interwoven, that is nature, the fabric of life.

Plaster carvings by our tutor @adamwilliamsonart
He will be teaching plaster carving throughout November in the following cities:

Abu Dhabi, 3 – 7 Nov
Dubai, 10 Nov
Florianópolis Brazil, 22 Nov
London, Saturday's from 23 Nov

Visit our website to register, link in the bio 💫 #plastercarving #mosaic #sacredgeometry #geometry #chisels #geometricpattern #plaster #islamicart #drawing #artofislamicpattern #islamicpattern #arabesque #biomorphic #pattern #adamwilliamson #adamwilliamsonart #mosque #mandalaart #mandala_universe #mandaladesign

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As Rumi said ‘Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there’. So give that daily regime the slip and join us for a week in an alternative realm where we can immerse ourselves in meditative pattern and absorb the ancient wisdom of bygone craftsmen.

This was the vibe in the Bou Inania madrasa last week. We will be back in Morocco next April for a couple of courses.

We will also be in Abu Dhabi and Dubai next month 3-10th November.

#morocco #geometry #mosaic #sacredgeometry #geometry #drawing #class #chisels #sacredgeometry #pattern #geometricpattern #ceramic #islamicart #sacredgeometry #geometry #drawing #pattern #geometricpattern #artofislamicpattern #islamicpattern #arabesque #rumi #biomorphic #islimi #pattern #ceiling #mosque #mandalaart #mandala_universe #mandaladesign #travel @baytalqindeel #fez #bouiania

Instagram post 2146586535053685633_366210289 $Flowing with the patterns at the end of a fractal winding alley, in the heart of the ancient leaf shaped Fez medina. This 10fold pattern is from the Bou Inania Madrasa (1356). It was taught by @richardhenryart in yesterday’s class here in Fez. Next Marrakech course, 13th-17th April 2020 Next Fez course, 20th - 24th April 2020 #morocco #geometry #mosaic #sacredgeometry #geometry #drawing #class #chisels #sacredgeometry #pattern #geometricpattern #ceramic #islamicart #sacredgeometry #geometry #drawing #pattern #geometricpattern #artofislamicpattern #islamicpattern #arabesque #rumi #biomorphic #islimi #pattern #ceiling #mosque #mandalaart #mandala_universe #mandaladesign #travel$

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