@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.
@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.
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!
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.
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.
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.