Reference an expert...ERIC BROUG

Research said Eric Brough is the go too expert of Moroccan/Islamic Geometric Design. You Tube has been very useful but they go so quickly I thought a couple of good books would be useful. 

These 2 easy to use, great starter books arrived next day from Amazon. 

Having so much fun. Creating the geometric patterns from scratch is so very distracting from any pain i'm feeling in my hands. I was totally zoned out and lost in the world of geometry yesterday, it's so very relaxing to do. And colouring in is a great relaxer in the middle of the night when you cant sleep.

From what he says in his books i've jumped right in with a more difficult pattern first, instead of starting with a simple one. So back to basics with a repeated pattern next I think. 

Not worked with pencil crayons much for a long time so I'm love getting the perfect finish with coloured pencils and they says its supposed to be very relaxing, colouring. It seemed to work. I dropped right off to sleep again after and hour or so's colouring in the middle of the night.

 New tiny box of water colours to try next and a repeated design instead of just a single shape.

All the designs in Eric's books are listed with a date and where they can actually be seen, one day maybe i might get to see some of them in the place of origin.

GEOMETRIC ART...

Wow! its been 4 months since I last posted. Double vision, hospital appointments, and not being allowed to drive and now arthritis, affecting several joints I'm continuing to look for alternative crafty projects.

A mad moment as i'm no party animal, I decided to have a joint Birthday party with Phil at the end of June and making lots of giant paper flowers for the party filled hours with fun...

 CROCHET BUNTING: took me ages to make because of the arthritis in my hands but you can't have a party without bunting can you? 

Tasseled bunting too...fun to make

I made table cloths and cushions sale bought Moroccan style duvet coverts and even cleared and redecorated my work room. 

About time too, it's now a fabulous space i can actually get into again...space for one or two workshops maybe?

My workroom wall decorated with a Moroccan look tile wallpaper and I love it...

 I'm reclaiming my workroom slowly, although 50+ boxes of wool/samples are still to be sorted

MOROCCAN TILE WALLPAPER: From B&Q, @£10 a roll a bargain and looks fabulous, went up really easy and the wall took 3 rolls to cover with some bits left over to decorate trays etc...

This wallpaper has sent me on a journey, into the world of Moroccan geometric art and architecture, colour and design.

 Couldn't find my compass, my ruler had chunks out of the edge, no hard pencils...its years since i had done any geometric drawings.

 It took a while to engage my brain in this rewarding mathematical fun..

Simple [i thought], 12 point rosette, typical of the Moroccan tiles in the wall paper

The seemingly simple shapes are intriguing, although not quite so easy as you think to draw, or is it that i've not used a compass and ruler and delved into the geometric world for such a long time?

All you need is a compass, a ruler and a few pencils, time and a brain! lol. 

No idea where its taking me, but as i'm unable to crochet for more than an hour at a time at the moment, its entertaining me between sewing [never thought i would go back to sewing again], paper crafting and decorating.