by Dan Brown have popularized the subject. If you want a great ‘ hands-on’ sourcebook, read on!Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook introduces the ancient art and science of Sacred Geometry – the easy way: whole brain play and creative exploration. This 256-page, 8.5 by 11 inch, spiral bound (for easy photocopying) book is a reference of full-page line art graphic images and ready-to-use templates. In addition to a large collection of 2-dimensional patterns – a coloring book for kids of all ages, there are 27 3-dimensional fold-up patterns for creating exquisite shapes. These patterns and designs have been revered by pioneers and geniuses through the ages in painting, sculpture, architecture, physics, botany, materials science, crystallography, and many more arts and sciences. There is a brief introductory section on the philosophical perspective of universal proportions and symbols. The book also has extensive tables, web links, and a bibliography for those whose curiosity has been sparked by the hands-on, experiential majority of the book; a reference for serious students of geometry.
SACRED GEOMETRY DESIGN SOURCEBOOK (SGDS)
UNIVERSAL DIMENSIONAL PATTERNS by Bruce A. Rawles
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LEARN SACRED GEOMETRY HANDS-ON!
You have timeless wisdom within you and all around you … symbolized by geometric forms. This book introduces the ancient art and science of Sacred Geometry … the easy way.
This initial book offering from Elysian Publishing is the Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook, a 256-page, 8 1/2 by 11-inch work consisting of 221 full-page black and white line art graphic images. The ready-to-use templates teach by whole brain play and creative exploration. The book also has over 1300 smaller images surrounding the central full-page image on each page. These provide examples of the countless variations that may be skillfully employed by the creative explorer of this art form and science.
In addition to a large collection of 2-dimensional patterns, a coloring book for kids of all ages, there are 27 3-dimensional fold-up patterns which make it easier than ever before to create exquisite shapes revered by pioneers such as Plato, Pythagoras, and Leonardo da Vinci. There is a brief introductory section on the philosophical perspective of universal proportions and symbols. The book also has extensive tables, World Wide Web links, and bibliographic references for those whose interest and curiosity have been sparked by the hands-on, experiential majority of the book. It is a reference for serious students of geometry and its omnipresent purpose.
A few low-resolution (gif) examples from the 1300+ high-resolution images in the book are on my Sacred Geometry Home Page
Here are some sample pages from the book:
- A fractal of twelve touching circles rotated around a center point… (the image on your monitor will be 72dpi, although the images in the book are much higher resolution 300dpi)
- a fold-up pattern for making scale replicas of the Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt
- a fold-up pattern for the Merkaba star tetrahedron shape with a smaller one-page variation, and some 19.5 degree latitude point examples on planet Earth …
- a fold-up pattern for making the Kepler-Poinsot solid known as the Great Dodecahedron)
Here is more detailed information about page-specific contents in the book which may be useful for both future and current owners of the book.
Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook contains:
- Concise explanations of the symbolic and philosophic fundamentals of sacred geometry and proportions which appear throughout our Universe from atoms to galaxies; traverse the footsteps of pioneers from Pythagoras to DaVinci
- Complete set of 2-dimensional grid tessellation space-filling patterns with numerous variation examples
- Complete set of 3-dimensional fold-up templates (also knowns as nets) for the classic polyhedra; Platonic, Archimedean, and Kepler-Poinsot solids … and more. Add scissors and tape and you have a whole gallery of wonderful shapes
- Hundreds of other classic and new images for creative uses; see the list below…
- Extensive charts, tables, bibliography, and web links for further journeys of the mind.
Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook has a wide appeal from A to Z for those involved in:
- Art
- Beading
- Crafts, Creativity
- Design, Decoration
- Education, Embroidery, Engineering
- Fine art, Faux Finishes
- Glasswork, stained glass
- Homeschooling, Home building, architecture
- Intaglio, Inlaid intricacies
- Jewelry
- Kids, coloring, and activity books
- Landscaping and gardening patterns
- Math and geometry students and hobbyists
- Nature appreciation, Neoplatonic research
- Origami
- Papier Mache
- Quilting, weaving
- Renovations, Remodeling, Recreation
- Seasonal gift ideas (e.g. holiday ornaments)
- Tiles and mosaics, textiles, fabric design
- Unique patterns, one-of-a-kind images
- Video imagery and multimedia projects, logos
- Wallpaper patterns, WWW graphic designs
- X-ray diffraction analysis
- Yet other possibilities
- Zoomorphic patterns (such as diatoms)
Here is a sampling of the praise for Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook.
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ISBN-13: 978-0-9656405-8-9
ISBN-10: 0-9656405-8-2
Here is info on a German version of the book, Mandalas der Heiligen Geometrie, available direct from the German Publisher, Silberschnur Verlag. The hardbound German edition (expertly translated by René Coudris a.k.a. Jay Goldner) includes extra foldup Platonic polyhedra printed on heavy colored cardboard (in addition to the foldup patterns included as part of the book itself) that can make a mobile for hanging from the ceiling, which is what I was doing with my cardboard polyhedra models in the early 1970s.
UPDATE: a new sacred geometry coloring book in German (Bewusst malen – Heilige Geometrie) based on Mandalas der Heiligen Geometrie with inspiring quotes from various luminaries is available from Silberschnur Verlag.