Category: Past Events Published Date
Speaker: Tom Bree
Venue: Abrar House, 45 Crawford Place, London W1H 4LP
Date: Friday 26th February 2010, 6.45pm-8.30pm
Geometric patterning can be seen within the artistic traditions of many cultures throughout history though it is the Islamic artisans who have been particularly prolific in this area of creativity. The fountains of Fez, the Jali panels of South Asia and mosques the world over all sing in one harmonious voice of praise unto the Creator whose own creativity surrounds us to the north, south, east and west as well as above us and below.
Geometry speaks to us at a deeper level which is most consciously experienced as a sense of awe from beholding the transcendent beauty of sacred art but mystics from many different religious traditions have also used geometry as a symbolic language to express profound spiritual meaning. The centre of a circle is a 'hidden' point which is reflected outwardly by the 'revealed' visible circumference that circumscribes it. In this way we are reminded of the 'hidden' Creator and the 'revealed' creation along with the Hadith Qudsi "I was a hidden treasure and I loved to be known, so I created the universe".
Tom Bree is a geometer/artist, teacher, writer and musician. He teaches Geometry and Islamic Parquetry for the Princes School of Traditional Arts in the UK and abroad as well as on his own teaching projects. He writes on the subject of symbolism and produces Parquetry work for exhibitions. Tom lives in Wells in Somerset with his wife Helen who is a stained glass conservator and their five month old son Theo.
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