Description
Experience the delights and wonders of Islamic geometric design and learn how to read and write what is an extraordinary visual language. In this workshop, author and artist Eric Broug will show you masterpieces of design from across the Islamic world and explain how they were made.
Discover the mathematical elegance of these designs and their inherent simplicity, and learn how to make and understand geometric patterns from the Alhambra, Fes and Marrakech, Al-Aqsa, Afghanistan, Thatta and beyond. Using the same methods craftsmen have been using across the Islamic world for centuries, you’ll construct patterns with just a ruler and pencil. Materials will be provided.
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About the Author
Eric Broug
Eric Broug is an author/educator/ artist, specialising in Islamic geometric design. He has written several popular books on the subject and his work is available in English, Farsi, Turkish, French, Korean and Dutch. During the pandemic, he wrote a new book on Islamic architecture, which will be published in April 2023 by Thames & Hudson. He lives in West Yorkshire and has a shop in Hebden Bridge, selling homeware and gifts from around the world.
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