A progress shot of a 12-fold Islamic geometric pattern. More to be revealed soon! #islamicart #islamicgeometry #islamicgeometricdesign #geometricart #geometry #geomicon #art #painting #watercolor #aquarelle #drawing #design

Sunday morning drawing!
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The first painting I finished in about two years. My other projects and journeys left painting in the back seat for some time but not being able to indulge in those I am forced back to the drawing table. This condition draws the unrelenting urge to create to the foreground.
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Another muqarnas unit I built last summer in leftover fraké wood and upcycled pine. My best work so far, but there is still so much room for improvement and further exploration. #islamicart #islamicgeometry #islamicgeometricdesign #geometricart #geometry #geomicon #woodworking #woodworker #woodcarving #muqarnas #wood #art #architecture #structure #design #building #vault #vaulting

A set of muqarnas I built last summer. I'm still working on acquiring the necessary skill for the carvings to surround them. All of this is done in upcycled pine. The idea is to give without taking.
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@NearerAndFarther@techhub.social thank you. And you're welcome!

@nkorai, yes, it's all by hand with the fretsaw. It's a bit down to experience, I guess, but that develops relatively fast. I do pass along some of the cuts with a small file for straightening. But it's a contemplative exercise!

More Islamic geometry / fretsaw work. A design from the period of the Mamluks of Cairo. This is 3mm oak I upcycled from an old cabinet door and shoved through my thicknesser. The amount of oaken furniture that is disposed of is staggering. The Ikea lifestyle is terrifying.

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@joshin4colours@mastodon.art I've done hundreds of drawings! If you need a good resource, find Samira Mian's website. She's a UK based teacher in Islamic geometry and has a tonne of tools and sources on her website. She's a friend of mine and I'm sure she'll help you get started.

Love it! Islamic geometry is a hobby of mine!

Beautiful work and beautifully put!

It's very similar to Islamic geometry, just less regular. Cool!

Another recent work of fretsaw and sculpting in 8mm oak panel. A wonderful combination of rectilinear Islamic geometry with curvilinear a floral pattern. #islamicart #islamicgeometry #islamicgeometricdesign #geometricart #geometry #geomicon #woodworking #woodworker #woodcarving #arabesque #biomorphic #art #design #sculpting #sculpture

I get that. It took me years to be able to draw it all, so with limited motor skills, you're adding a while extra layer of difficult... Still, if you have any questions, euclidean geometry wise, drop me a line!

Try drawing it with ruler and compass. The mechanics of geometry will become clearer a lot faster.

Islamic geometry in the sense of curvilinear patterns is much less ubiquitous as its rectilinear counterpart. I think the main reason being that making compass lines meet one and other in the right place working with many different center points and radii is much more difficult. This is one of mine in watercolor and pigment liner.

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Loss good for carving indeed. I don't have a lot of money for wood, so I was thinking of doing the same since I do have access to smaller logs...

Last year we had an amazing exhibition in Museum M in Leuven on the art of sculpted alabaster. This highly malleable mineral is considerably softer than marble and allows for amazing detail. It's known for its translucent qualities and has been used as window material in romanesque churches.

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One of my many paintings with Islamic geometry. I like to include some of the construction lines to emphasise the amazing insights in geometry the upcoming Islamic societies had and have.

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