Magic’s of Square

I am working on sacred geometry, golden ratio and geometry in Islamic art and architecture. Also I am working on different philosophy and type of symmetry as well as symbols behind the patterns, their shapes and colours.
I have drawn a square and then rotate it in different angles and digress. That is fascinating to see how many pattern we can create by putting this squares in different order among each other.

Computer and patterns

The next step is to working with computer which may make life much easier. Again I have started to work with a very simple pattern. Firstly, I tried to analyze the pattern into as small and basic shape as I can and then I tried to create new patterns by putting these small and basic shapes together in different ways.

In the research part I am working on different type of geometry. Plenty of Islamic pattern are geometrical, and so it is crucial for me to understand this element.

Tiles and Mosaics

I have found an interesting article ‘Modularity in Medieval Persian Mosaics’. And I have interested in trying to create some of tile and mosaics’ patterns. It was really difficult to do this sort of design without using computer and it takes plenty of time.

More practising on patterns

I came across with a useful book called Islamic ornament Design by Claude Humbert. In this book the author gathers a collection of patterns from different parts of the Islamic world. One of the conclusions I came up after studying all of the patterns and selecting Iranian one is that in Western part of the Islamic world, such as Morocco or Egypt, patterns are hugely based on geometry. However, in Eastern part of the Islamic world, such as Iran or Iraq, patterns are more floral (organic) or arabesque and also there are plenty of animal and human patterns.

After analysing and practising on some simple patterns I tried to find out the ways that arabesque patterns have been created. And then try to practise on more complicated pattern all by hand and simple tools.

Symmetry, Geometry and Symbols in Persian Patterns

Finally I have decided to fuscous on Symmetry, Geometry and Symbols in Persian Patterns (in the Islamic period). At the moment I am researching on patterns in different area such as tile, carpet, pottery etc. It seems they have a lot in common maybe because artisans were the same in different types of art or they use to share same philosophy and believes.
I have started my research by reading very interesting book, The Arabesque motif in Early Islamic Persian Art by Dr. Mohammad Khazaie. The book contains good information about root of some Islamic patterns in pre-Islamic period of Persian (Iranian) art as well as meaning of some patterns.
I am trying different ways to create these patterns. I started with very simple forms such as square and circle. To understand the structure of the pattern I decided to analyze some of the forms in very basic shapes.

Modernist or post-modernist, that is the question

Am I a modern or post-modern designer? That is a good question!!!
At the moment I am a bit confused designer more than anything else! I do have some ideas but I don’t know what to do with them and where about to start my research. I am going to have a brief look at different periods of Persian art history and gather some images from each period and then decide about my practical work. I have started to collect Persian tile pictures and I am going to work with them while doing research, anyway let see what happens.

Here are some of the tile pictures. Aren’t they beautiful?