Combines wide-ranging research with the author's artistic skills to reveal the techniques used to create the patterns adorning buildings in the Islamic world

Bold Shapes and Clean Lines for Faster Modern Quilting Breathe some fresh air into your quilts with 20 stunning contemporary projects from designer Laura Preston. Using simple shapes and solid colors, Laura’s method streamlines the traditional quilting process for beautiful quilts in less time. Quilt tops come together quickly with large-scale cuts of fabric and as little piecing as possible, making these projects perfect for beginners. Advanced quilters can delve into modern techniques such as creating curved lines and working with negative space rather than intricate quilting blocks. From chic wall hangings to cozy crib-size and queen-size quilts, every project doubles as a work of art. Fueled by her minimalist lifestyle traveling the United States in her Airstream trailer, Laura’s designs reflect the striking landscapes of the American West. The Arches Queen Quilt showcases the dramatic curves found in Arches National Park in Utah. The Lone Pine Pillow, with its range of triangles, was inspired by the Sierra Nevada mountains, and the Sand Dollar Table Runner was sparked by a beach in Big Sur, California. Follow Laura’s insightful design tips, and soon you’ll start to see inspiration everywhere. With illustrated step-by-step instructions and in-depth tutorials, this book is an essential resource for the modern quilter.

More than 260 high-impact, permission-free designs that exploit to their fullest the dramatic potential of squares, circles, triangles, rectangles, and other elements. Invaluable for wallpaper and textile design, packaging and computer art, these eye-catching forms provide artists and craftspeople with angular forms and pleasant symmetries. More than 260 black-and-white designs.

One Zentangle A Day is a beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles as well as offering fun, related drawing exercises. Zentangles are a new trend in the drawing and paper arts world. The concept was started by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation through drawing, by using repetitive lines, marks, circles, and shapes. Each mark is called a "tangle," and you combine various tangles into patterns to create "tiles" or small square drawings. This step-by-step book is divided into 6 chapters, each with 7 daily exercises. Each exercise includes new tangles to draw in sketchbooks, teaches daily tile design, and offers tips on related art principles, and contains an inspirational "ZIA" (Zentangle Inspired Art) project on a tile that incorporates patterns, art principals, and new techniques.

Featuring new patterns with detailed explanatory texts, this revised edition is an inspirational guide for craftspeople and artists alike. The marvels of Islamic patterns—the most recognizable visual expression of Islamic art and architecture—are not just a beautiful accident. The ancient practitioners of this craft used traditional methods of measurement to create dazzling geometric compositions, often based on the repetition of a single pattern. The results are magnificent in their beauty and awe-inspiring in their execution. Now, with the aid of this book, everyone can learn how to master this ancient art and create their own intricate patterns or re-create classic examples. All that is needed is a pencil, a ruler, a compass, and a steady hand. Technical tips demonstrate the geometric basics such as how to create designs from one of the foundational “family” shapes: a square, hexagon, or pentagon. This is followed by step-by-step instructions for reproducing some of the best examples of geometric patterns. Islamic Geometric Patterns contains twenty-three geometric patterns and brief histories of some of the most famous and beautiful Islamic art and architecture from around the world. This revised edition features seven new patterns from locations including: Ak Medrese in Nigde, Turkey; Chellah necropolis in Rabat, Morocco; Shah Jahan Mosque in Thatta, Pakistan; the Tomb of I’timad-ud-Daulah in Agra, India; the Alcazar in Seville, Spain; Zaouia Moulay Idriss II in Fes, Morocco; and Darwish Pasha Mosque in Damascus, Syria.

Have fun, release stress and express your creativity with this unique easy patterns colouring book! Easy Geometric Patterns Colouring Book (Volume 2) features 50 original repeating pattern colouring pages with large spaces. This book is for everyone who loves to colour fun abstract patterns, including beginners, kids, teens, and adults who enjoy drawings that aren't too detailed. If you're an experienced colourist, you can apply your skills and stretch your creative imagination by using the larger spaces for blending, shading and patterning. Whatever your level, you can create a beautiful and unique work of art from each pattern. What Will You Get? 50 stress relieving pattern colouring pages Easy difficulty level Single-sided printing High resolution images with sharp lines High quality, original hand-designed patterns by artist L.J. Knight Page size is 8.5 x 11 inches (approx. 22 x 28cm) You can preview all 50 designs in this book on the author's website - for the URL, see the 'More about the author' section further down the page. The pages aren't perforated, but you can easily remove them using a craft knife. The drawings are printed on one side of the paper only, so bleed-through isn't an issue if you're using markers or gel pens. You can also protect the image underneath with a sheet of scrap paper. Easy Geometric Patterns (Volume 2) is the 19th title in the LJK Colouring Books series. Check out the whole series for a range of unique colouring pages for adults and children, with new books on the way. Do you have friends or family who love to colour? These books make great gift ideas for women, men, girls, boys, seniors, teens, tweens and kids! A colouring book is a perfect present for Christmas, holidays, birthdays, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, Easter, and other special occasions. Get ready for hours of screen-free relaxation and enjoyment as you bring these patterns to life. Have fun and happy colouring!

Across the Islamic world, illuminating Korans from Morocco to Malaysia, and adorning mosques, mausoleums and palaces, are hidden some of the most exquisite geometrical devices ever conceived by man. In this excellent little book, geometer Daud Sutton unravels the mystery of Islamic patterns, explaining where they come from, how to draw them, and hinting at the Divine messages they encode. WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information. "e;Fascinating"e; FINANCIAL TIMES. "e;Beautiful"e; LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS. "e;Rich and Artful"e; THE LANCET. "e;Genuinely mind-expanding"e; FORTEAN TIMES. "e;Excellent"e; NEW SCIENTIST. "e;Stunning"e; NEW YORK TIMES. Small books, big ideas.

Have fun, release stress and express your creativity at the same time with this unique easy patterns colouring book! Easy Geometric Patterns Colouring Book features 50 original repeating pattern colouring pages with large spaces. This book is for everyone who loves to colour fun patterns, including beginners, kids, teens, and adults who enjoy drawings that aren't too detailed. If you're an experienced colourist, you can apply your skills and stretch your creative imagination by using the larger spaces for blending, shading and patterning. Whatever your level, you can create a beautiful and unique work of art from each pattern. What Will You Get? 50 stress relieving pattern colouring pages Easy difficulty level Single-sided printing High resolution images with sharp lines All high quality, original artwork by artist L.J. Knight Page size is 8.5 x 11 inches (approx. 22 x 28cm) You can preview all 50 designs in this book on the author's website - for the URL, see the 'More about the author' section further down the page. The pages aren't perforated, but you can easily remove them using a craft knife. The drawings are printed on one side of the paper only, so bleed-through isn't an issue if you're using markers or gel pens. You can also protect the image underneath with a sheet of scrap paper. Easy Geometric Patterns (Volume 1) is the 18th title in the LJK Colouring Books series. It has the same tiled pattern designs as the original Geometric patterns Colouring Book by L.J. Knight, but printed larger for easy colouring. Check out the whole series for a range of unique colouring pages for adults and children, with new books on the way. Do you have friends or family who love to colour? These books make great gift ideas for women, men, girls, boys, seniors, teens, tweens and kids! A colouring book is a perfect present for Christmas, holidays, birthdays, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, Easter, and other special occasions. Get ready for hours of screen-free relaxation and enjoyment as you bring these patterns to life. Have fun and happy colouring!

50 original pattern designs Single-sided printing Most designs are of medium difficulty Images are in a frame with a white border, and not full bleed 8.5 x 11 inches (approx. 22 x 28cm) Do you want to reduce stress and express your creativity at the same time? Colouring lets you do just that, and repeating patterns are an especially relaxing subject to colour in. In this book, you'll find fifty original geometric pattern designs, with a difficulty level of easy to moderate. These patterns are perfect for adults who love to colour, as well as for older children. The designs are printed single-sided. So dive in, and let your stresses melt away as you bring these pattern designs to life with your own unique colour schemes! You can preview all the designs in this book on the author's website - for the URL, click the author name, and see the left hand sidebar. This coloring book contains bright white paper, and is suitable for colouring with various media. As with most colouring books, a few types of marker may bleed through slightly. To prevent any damage to the design underneath, it is best to place a piece of scrap paper under the page you're coloring. A spare page has been provided at the back of the book for this purpose. This title was first published in October 2015 as Geometric Patterns Colouring Book by Tigerlynx. In this second edition, only the author name has changed, and the main content of the book is still the same as in the earlier version.