#38 Draw a Persian Orosi Glass Islamic Geometric Pattern

A Persian orosi glass patterns from the coloured glass facades of the late 19th century Nasir-al-Mulk Mosque in Shiraz, Iran. Music: Spanish Summer by Audionautix on Viva Video
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[@Tchangalo1982]

Thank you for sharing. I'm a geometry teacher in Colombia and i use to show this to my students. This time i drow your pattern, it was a great challenge!!

[@samiramian]

aww that's wonderful!! thank you for the lovely comment! all the best to you and your students!

[@joebrown4380]

Thank you. Slow enough and big enough to see what you’re doing. Exactly what a tutorial should be.

[@samiramian]

brilliant, hope I can do more, this was a first of its sort!

[@johnhobson8002]

I saw the time lapse version on Instagram today, but I had no idea that you had posted a tutorial. Can hardly wait to get drawing. 📐✏️💕

[@samiramian]

look forward to it!

[@alikarim5162]

ASA ......Alhamdullah......awesome.....

[@marinrodriguez5591]

Thank you so much for this video and all of the others demonstrating Islamic art style! I am very excited to use them as my art project for our unit on Islam.

[@samiramian]

so very welcome!! and how exciting a

[@SuperJupiter33]

Interesting pattern ...well done! I am sure it looks wonderful with colored glass.

[@eolivetalltre9533]

Thank you Samira.

[@sadaftv3052]

So talented bless you dear 😍😍😍

[@sumeyyedonmez6803]

Thanks for your effort💐 I tried this pattern for the first time I love it😍 Then I looked the mosque, it is amazing

[@samiramian]

very welcome and that's soo cool!🥰

[@sncalligraphyart5249]

Mashaallah very beautiful, I hve been looking fot it for a very long time...thnx for sharing us...keep sharing ur talent..and more.

[@samiramian]

very welcome!😊

[@ayoobbhat9180]

MASHALLAH .. .. From KASHMIR

[@Eumjeong]

Beautiful

[@Yuditbaz]

hi Samira .loveit .Ty

[@ayshaabdulhameed3937]

Thankyou for the tutorial looks beautiful😍😍

[@samiramian]

very welcome!🥰😁

[@s.a.6009]

Learning to value precision after I tried twice and the outer rays didn't align perfectly with each other on the corresponding opposite rays. On my 3rd try now. You're an inspiration. Thank you

[@samiramian]

well done for perservering!

[@MohmedKhalf-ol8ol]

ماشاء الله ابداع استمري👍🏼

[@samiramian]

shukran!

[@akcraft1187]

You inspired me ma'am...plz upload vedios with details as much as possible..Thank you.. And stay blessed

[@samiramian]

thank you, will try to!

[@abusavage9592]

وش تقولون

[@nadamuhammed6655]

ما شاء الله حلوة اوي اوي اوي

[@Adeline9418]

I just ordered a locking fiskars compass. I really want to make these!!!

[@samiramian]

ooo I've not seen fiskars compasses ..I'm sure they're fab they make so many other precision tools! enjoy plenty😊

[@irinaryzhova5639]

ماشاء الله This is so beautiful! Thank you for this video!

[@samiramian]

Glad you liked it!

[@sugengriyadi-]

Amazing

[@samiramian]

Thanks

[@mrsshafe8644]

Mai b try kare ap k jaisa he Alhmdulilaah aachchaaa aaya

[@idris7491]

ماشاء الله فنانة

[@samiramian]

جزاك الله خير 😁

[@northwestern49]

love the video. What kind of ruler are you using here? It seems to stick to the paper nicely, which is a problem I've run into when attempting geometry on an easel or upright surface.

[@samiramian]

thank you! No, not a sticky ruler, I'd love that! just me holding it very firmly!

[@mahekali6906]

i'm just going to give it a try. would let u know ! ;d

[@majdododo5575]

تبارك الله عليك شكرا بزاف. .احسن حاجة استعمال ورقة كبيرة واضحة. .الأوراق صغيرة و كثرة الخطوط كدوخ. .ألف شكر

[@fionamckay]

Thank you - a lovely simple tutorial on Islamic art that I can follow. I've always been intrigued by this art form but too scared to try. I'm going to try this tutorial.

[@samiramian]

brilliant! enjoy plenty

[@pinky_arya]

How to do tessellation of this pattern.. Plz make a tutorial on that. Thanku so much in advance

[@samiramian]

i will do! but in the mean time, can you see it's a hexagon? just tile it so it is hexagons side to side... if you have one in the middle..it will have 6 around it.

[@vinayakmehta2536]

Very nice tutorial....I want to try it....pls mention radius of circle n paper size???

[@samiramian]

it doesn't matter, draw a circle that fits on your paper. P.s. 3 question marks is too much, it comes across as inpatient/rude.

[@vinayakmehta2536]

@@samiramian thanks 👍 ....ohhh sorry for 3 question mark...

[@samiramian]

@@vinayakmehta2536 no worries at all, good luck with your drawing!

[@saloni2117]

Can you share which compss you're using to create the circle

[@samiramian]

its a jakar with extension bar, see www.samiramian.uk/equipment

[@AnanthRam1]

From where will i get these instruments like long Compass and other ? Anyway nice video

[@samiramian]

please see the equipment list on my website www.samiramian.uk/equipment

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Please do a series on meanings of these drawings. Thanks.

[@samiramian]

There are books that can explain this better, see www.samiramian.uk/books

[@hamzaalwi2672]

did you create battery and nuclear at Pyramid or ...did we face to our centre Kaabah Mecca so we could look back the stars in the skies 😁

[@samiramian]

I dont understand

[@bashrmohamed7255]

Dear Madam How I can learn this drawing.

[@samiramian]

visit www.samiramian.uk for all links and resources

[@alinaiqbal9865]

Can you please also make a PDF totourial to this pattern

[@samiramian]

Sorry I cant, the video can be paused and slowed down for you to follow along!😊

[@abdullahjutt5711]

Iski color scheme kia hogi

[@samiramian]

anything you like🙂

[@hamzaalwi2672]

if you say 3 you will end up like iron man triangles... you need to say مثنى مثنى dua dua...couple couple... because God created us berpasangan...hence 8 edges

[@samiramian]

I dont understand

[@ahsanmohammed1]

What’s Islamic about this?

[@samiramian]

Islamic art was and is created by people of different faiths, cultures and languages in a period spanning 1,400 years. The term Islamic art is a useful umbrella term that we can consider as short-hand for ʽart that originated from the Islamic landsʼ. It is not a term that all that practise the art would use. Many who are proud of the art form from their particular region would much prefer to call it something that reflects this local expertise, heritage and talent. The term ‘Islamic lands’ dates back to the birth of Islam in the 7th century in modern day Saudi Arabia, although the religion’s roots go back much further. As the faith grew, the ‘Islamic lands’ spread to the east as far as China and to the west to Spain and Morocco. In its early stages, the arts were influenced by what came before, and evolved and grew in the many Islamic empires. Some regions developed distinctly from others, whilst other art forms and practices could be seen across a number of regions throughout the centuries. Please read more in an article I wrote: www.atm.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/Journals/MT273/03.pdf

[@sayeedadada9570]

Hello... Thank you dear friend but couldn't see because half d time you are covering the screen. Initially it was good but later on it became very messy and unclear.. Plz do the video again as you showed in a systematic way.. Thank you...

[@samiramian]

hello, no I can't do it again. I can't tell you how many beautiful drawings and paintings I've been sent or seen based on this tutorial. So perhaps you should draw it again, pausing/slowing down the video and not expecting perfection from the first attempt.

[@bluesque9704]

Patterns Patterns Patterns. By banning forms Islamic geometry is blind and deaf (I can't call it "Art"). Blind sheep.

[@samiramian]

You mean blind and deaf sheep.

[@bluesque9704]

@@samiramian Yes, isn't it? If you can't have forms and later an improvisation of forms-- to harness a visual experience into a visual expression-- then your expression is blind, isn't it? The basics of any comprehension are the various aspects of identifying/constructing forms. Islamic Geometry does indeed build forms which are more like patterns but they don't relate to the visual experience of reality. You can compare it with Western arts to see what I mean! And, sheep because there are not many break away artists! Deaf because even a blind bat is aware of solidity and shapes of forms in reality!

[@WiLd_OwL07]

@@bluesque9704 deep and deaf for slow minded, like yourself

[@bluesque9704]

@@WiLd_OwL07 that's all you got? You are stupid aren't you?

[@bluesque9704]

@Lauren Damaso Ruiz That's a very admirable response to my comment. The reason I am here is that I am interested in the art of the middle East and central Asia and all those regions which were under some form of Islamic rule. And, art which therefore tends to carry a strain of Islam, but mostly mixes cultures of the indigenous people with the cultures of dominant Islamic regimes.And although Persian, Turkish, Egyptian, Arabic, Kurdish, Mughal, etc.. are all beautiful, they are beautiful mainly due to the sensibilities in the cultures of the indigenous people rather than due to "Islam".

[@flame200]

Absolutely disappointed that you name my country's art "islamic" this art style is pre-islamic and is one of the few things left after Arabs tried to destroy everything about our past. What a shame that you did little to no research and give credit to a religion for my culture and its art. What a shame.

[@samiramian]

Feel free to show many any example of Geometric Patterns from Iran from before the 8th century. I'm predicting you can't. I would also suggest that you research the patterns more broadly to discover they exist in multiple locations across 3 continents over hundreds of years. This can broadly be described as Islamic Lands. Hence the umbrella term- Islamic Geometric patterns which is useful when so many try to decontextulaise and misappropriate these patterns.

[@imdxpertm]

Dear Samira. I am a big fan your videos on youtube. Please keep posting more frequently. God bless.

[@samiramian]

thanks for the encouragement! will do God willing!

[@Gthefray]

MashaAllah. Thank you!! Such a nice video, very helpful. ❤️

[@jadiyayakahad3135]

Shukram🌹 ZadakAllah Khiran

[@athaar.a]

Thank you so much for sharing. Jazaki Allah khayr.

[@HurairaHerbals]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@aymanbakkar7358]

يانهاااااار ملحووووس ديه جااااامده اوووي...شاااااابووووو

[@outofthink3423]

well done dear samira 👌 nice pattern

[@samiramian]

Thank you!

[@construction_med]

بارك الله فيك. شكرا

[@samiramian]

Thanks!

[@marie-dominiquecoulon7153]

Thank you very much :-)

[@samiramian]

youre welcome!

[@tafseerrazaidrise4606]

It's nice but time taken method

[@samiramian]

i enjoy the time it takes, process is as important as outcome to many, have a go!

[@crembuncorok3333]

Tafseerraza Idrise and unpropotional shapes

[@tafseerrazaidrise4606]

@@samiramian It is very true many of patterns take lot of time. A have watched almost all your videos in this channel. I like your videos . Thank you

[@saknderhyyat609]

Yeh bahut dur hai nazdeek Karke Banaya karo