ART WORK INSTAGRAM GEOMETRY ILLUMINATION ISLIMI
Islimi or "Arabesque" patterns are based on floral, foliate or biomorphic designs and can be seen through out the Islamic world. These forms are typically based on a spiral, from which stylized buds, leaves and flowers emerge in gentle sweeping curves that mimic the underlying order of nature. Islimi compositions are reflected, repeated and tessellated to create harmonious designs that can be used on a variety of media.
For more information about Islimi and biomorphic design, I highly recommend the following texts:
Arts & Crafts of the Islamic Lands - Principles Materials Practise, Khaled Azzam & The Prince's School of Traditional Arts (Chapter by Adam Williamson)
Curves: Flowers, Foliates & Flourishes in The Formal Decorative Arts (Wooden Books), Lisa DeLong - 2013, (Wooden Books)
“Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning reel”
© 2016 Wajeea Mirza. A Turkish Rumi motif painted in red ochre hand ground pigment. The brush in the image is a Winsor & Newton series 7, size 3/0 (000).
© 2016 Wajeea Mirza. A Turkish rumi motif painted in viridian hand ground pigment.
© 2016 Wajeea Mirza. This is a pattern from the Jameh (Friday) mosque in Yazd Iran. (Analysis after Adam Williamson - The Art of Islamic Pattern)
Materials: gouache on tea stained Fabriano paper.
