How Do You Create Islamic Tile Designs With Geometry?
Islamic tiling dates back more than 800 years. These tiles decorate mosques and form complex geometric patterns. One of the reasons for the absence of pictorial art is due to the Muslim faith using only the name for Allah, rather than any iconography. Most Islamic tiles are created using regular hexagons. Drawing this shape can be tricky, but if you stick to your angles, your finished pattern will quickly emerge. Mark a point in the center of your paper. Place the edge of your protractor on the center point. Draw a 3-inch horizontal line from the center out. (If you are using a computer, draw the same line in that program.) Place your protractor on the center point and align one edge with the line. Mark an angle measuring 60 degrees. (If you have a computer program, you will select the line you drew and then copy and rotate it 60 degrees.) Draw a line from the center point to the 60-degree mark. Make this line 3 inches long. Draw a line connecting the two points. This will create a tri
