Today Donna Wolfe from Naztazia shows you how to crochet a flower of life chain shawl. This is what she says about this video:
“This is a more advanced pattern, so please also download the written free pattern on Donna’s website: http://naztazia.com. It also forms a lovely star stitch pattern that you can use for a shawl, wrap, scarf, hoodie, tunic, sweater and more!”
I know, it’s Mandala Monday and this isn’t about mandalas, but it is so spectacular I had to share it with you. Fine Art Glass Artist Jack Storms explains in this video how he creates his Optical Glass Sculptures. I’m sure you will agree they are extraordinary. And he does include some sacred geometry in his work, so we aren’t too far off base from our usual topics.
Enjoy!
Here is another short video giving you a 360 degree look at the ViviOvo D’Oro he spoke about in the first video.
To learn more about Jack Storms’ work see his website and Facebook page:
I am always struck by the stunning ways that nature displays itself and no more so than in examples of sacred geometric forms. According to Wikipedia “Sacred geometry is the geometry used in the design and construction of religious structures such as churches, temples, mosques, religious monuments, altars, tabernacles; as well as for sacred spaces such as temenoi, sacred groves, village greens and holy wells, and the creation of religious art. In sacred geometry, symbolic and sacred meanings are ascribed to certain geometric shapes and certain geometric proportions, according to Paul Calter and others.”
“According to Stephen Skinner, the study of sacred geometry has its roots in the study of nature, and the mathematical principles at work therein.[3] Many forms observed in nature can be related to geometry, for example, the chambered nautilus grows at a constant rate and so its shell forms a logarithmic spiral to accommodate that growth without changing shape. Also, honeybees construct hexagonal cells to hold their honey. These and other correspondences are sometimes interpreted in terms of sacred geometry and considered to be further proof of the natural significance of geometric forms.”
Here are a few stunning examples of sacred geometry in plant forms, nature’s sacred geometrical mandalas:
