The Art of Geometrical Patterns

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Kaleidometrics
The art of making beautiful patterns from circles
0 906212 21 9 Sheilah Shaw

Sheilah Shaw has discovered a remarkable way to draw beautiful patterns and in this book, shows how it is done. She starts with circles and then explains how to draw special grids in them. From these grids she demonstrates how patterns are developed, giving an almost infinite range of possibilities. There are many of her patterns to colour and a selection of the grids, as well as advice and help, to create some truly original designs. £4.95

Symmetry Patterns
The art of making beautiful designs from lines
0 906212 73 1 Alan Wiltshire

In this book, Alan Wiltshire shows how to create wonderful symmetrical patterns using the special grids which he has invented. These grids, based on different kinds of symmetry, give sufficient support and help to stimulate the creative process. Once the 'doodling' has started, it is difficult to stop and when the patterns themselves are complete there is the interesting task of deciding how to colour them. £4.95

Altair Design
Special patterns for everyone to colour

These two books of very special patterns are fascinating to colour and provide almost unlimited scope for the imagination. They are so rich in possibilities that the simple question 'What can you see in the pattern?' can produce as many different answers as there are people or occasions. Firmly based on principles that were first discovered by Arabic mathematicians in the tenth century, they have now been thoroughly investigated by John Martineau and accurately drawn by computer. The most beautiful ones have been selected for these two books, the first based on the square and the second on the hexagon.

Book 1 1 899618 25 2 £3.20
Book 2 1 899618 26 0 £3.20

Polysymetrics
The art of making geometric patterns
0 906212 09 X June Oliver

June Oliver shows how patterns can be built from 'tiles', which are squares, triangles or hexagons. She shows how to design tiles which are particularly interesting and which fit together to make attractive patterns. Included are twelve full pages of patterns to colour, together with their original tiles, giving a clear demonstration of the possibilities of the technique. £4.95

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