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Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome and Instruction

    • Welcome

    • Navigating your way through the course

  • 02

    Properties of Islamic geometric patterns

    • Difference between Islamic geometric patterns and other geometric patterns

    • Symmetry in Islamic Geometric Patterns

    • Symmetry in Islamic Geometric Patterns

    • Types of symmetry systems in Islamic Geometric Patterns

    • Mathematical Series of each system

    • Proportion between different shapes and different patterns

    • Relation between different patterns and different shapes

    • Dynamic rectangles

    • Use of Advanced Geometry

    • Rules of Islamic geometric patterns

  • 03

    Traditional Method

    • Introduction to Traditional Method

    • How to recognize the type of pattern

    • How to determine the border of the patterns

    • Logic in the traditional method steps

  • 04

    Tools

    • Tools needed for the course

    • How to use the compass properly

    • How to use other tools properly

    • Organizing you drawings

    • Using Computer Software

  • 05

    Let's get started!

    • Reading the drawings

    • Your first exercise

    • Drawing a Square

    • Drawing Root two Rectangle

    • Tiling the patterns

    • How to add weaving to the pattern

  • 06

    Simple Fourfold patterns

    • Introduction to fourfold patterns

    • 1 Fourfold pattern in a square

    • 2 Fourfold pattern in a square

    • 3 Fourfold pattern in a square

    • 4 Fourfold pattern in a square

    • 5 Fourfold pattern in a square

  • 07

    Intermediate Fourfold Patterns

    • 6 Intermediate Fourfold pattern

    • 7 Intermediate Fourfold pattern

    • 8 Intermediate Fourfold pattern

    • 9 Intermediate Fourfold pattern

  • 08

    Advanced Fourfold Patterns

    • 10 Advance Fourfold Pattern

    • 11 Advance Fourfold Pattern

    • 12 Advance Fourfold Pattern

    • 13 Advance Fourfold Pattern

  • 09

    Developing Fourfold patterns

    • 14 developing Fourfold Pattern

    • 15 developing Fourfold Pattern

  • 10

    Simple Sixfold Patterns

    • Building Sixfold Rectangle

    • 16 Simple sixfold Pattern

    • 17 Simple sixfold Pattern

    • 18 Simple sixfold Pattern

    • 19 Simple sixfold Pattern

  • 11

    Intermediate Sixfold Patterns

    • 21 Intermediate Sixfold pattern

    • 22 Intermediate Sixfold pattern

    • 23 Intermediate Sixfold pattern

    • 24 Intermediate Sixfold pattern

  • 12

    Advanced Sixfold Patterns

    • 25 Advance Sixfold pattern

    • 26 Advance Sixfold pattern

    • 27 Advance Sixfold pattern

    • 28 Advance Sixfold pattern

  • 13

    Developing Sixfold patterns

    • 29 developing Sixfold Pattern

    • 30 developing Sixfold Pattern

  • 14

    Combined Fourfold and Sixfold patterns

    • Introduction to Combined Fourfold and Sixfold patterns

    • 31 Combined Fourfold and Sixfold pattern

    • 32 Combined Fourfold and Sixfold pattern

    • 33 Combined Fourfold and Sixfold pattern

    • 34 Combined Fourfold and Sixfold pattern

  • 15

    Combined Sixfold and Nine fold patterns

    • Dividing 180 degrees into nine equal angles

    • 35 Combined Sixfold and Nine fold pattern

    • 36 Combined Sixfold and Ninefold pattern

    • 37 Combined Sixfold and Ninefold pattern

    • 38 Combined Sixfold and Ninefold pattern

  • 16

    Simple Five fold Patterns

    • Building Fivefold Rectangle

    • 39 Simple Five fold Pattern

    • 40 Simple Five fold Pattern

    • 41 Simple Five fold Pattern

    • 42 Simple Five fold Pattern

  • 17

    Intermediate Five fold Patterns

    • 43 Intermediate Five fold Pattern

    • 44 Intermediate Five fold Pattern

    • 45 Intermediate Five fold Pattern

    • 46 Intermediate Five fold Pattern

  • 18

    Advanced Five fold Patterns

    • 47 Advance Five fold pattern

    • 48 Advance Five fold pattern

    • 49 Advance Five fold pattern

    • 50 Advance Five fold pattern

  • 19

    Developing Five fold patterns

    • 51 developing Five fold Pattern

    • 52 developing Five fold Pattern

you will also learn the following:

In addition, in this course

  • Traditional Method

    You will learn the traditional and inherited techniques handed down by successive generations of craftsmen, by drawing the patterns by hand. With just compass and ruler.

  • Develop your skill

    The course will cover developing the skill of reading the patterns and drawings. This vital skill will help students to decipher and analyse patterns.

  • Different patterns

    The course will cover wide selection of fourfold, fivefold and six fold patterns found across the Islamic world.

  • Downloadable PDF files

    In each lesson, students will be able to download PDF files covering the topics discussed in that session. This will provide the participants with a permanent reference for their work.

Testimonials

“İslami geometri alanında geleneksel yöntemi her ayrıntısıyla öğreten bir eğitim seti, ben tezhip sanatçısıyım ve eserlerime uyguladığım geometrik desenlerin altyapısını bilerek tasarım ve uygulama yapmamda çok yardımcı oldu. İstifade ettim, Hocama teşekkür ederim.”

Tezhip Sanatçısıyım, Islamic Illumination Artist

Zeynep Bilgin

“Throughout my career as a mathematician, l have had so many different classes about Islamic Geometric Pattern but after taking Mr. Aljanabi’s course in IDC, l have comprehended the general principles of these wonderful patterns and have discovered the mathematical backgrounds that these patterns based on. Having finished the course, I am more confident analysing new patterns and even the complex ones. The most I liked of this course is that the lesson pages are well planned and visually explained that make it easy even for intermediate English speakers to follow along.”

Mathematician

Naile Hajjar

“دورة تعليمية تشمل جميع خطوات الطريقة التقليدية في رسم الزخارف الهندسية الإسلامية، من خلال أخذ جميع النظم في الاعتبار لتطوير قدرة الرسم والتحكم في الزخارف و تعطي القدرة لإجراء تحليل رياضي لتلك الزخارف ايضا. وبما أنني فنانة في التذهيب لذلك أستفيد من هذه التصاميم بشكل كبير”