Sacred Geometry & Pear Square

How I learned and use Golden Mean Sacred Geometry for creating art.

Artists can add methods of composition planning using the Golden Mean Sacred Geometry. I found a series of books written by Martha Boles & Rochelle Newman, the authors of “Universal Patterns”. I've signed out the books from the Vancouver library so many times that you might think I own them. Finally, I thought it was time to buy the books and add them to my collection of valuable art books. 

'PEAR SQUARE #2' by Minaz Jantz Ink on paper  11"x 11"

'PEAR SQUARE #3' by Minaz Jantz Ink on paper  11"x 11"

'PEAR SQUARE #4' by Minaz Jantz Ink on paper  11"x 11"

During the ’80s, I learned to use drafting tools while studying Interior Design. I can say that drawing precisely can test your patience, but intrigued by the endless shapes and things you can build with numbers, drafting tools, and only a pencil, it is an absolutely magical experience.

I also became familiar with Mother Nature's math, described as the Golden Mean, Golden Ratio, Divine Proportions,  and Sacred Geometry. Here you can read some definitions and examples… (www.crystalinks.com/sg.html)

Math Ball reflected in the mirror

Ink on card paper folded into a  dodecahedron
by Minaz Jantz

Over the years, I have dedicated a few days to indulging in the lessons from ‘Universal Patterns’, with each lesson taking me further along, step by step, to more complicated measuring practices, with my goal of eventually making spirals accurately.  Included in the book are some insightful histories and examples of our world that feature the Number Phi, 1.6180…, a naturally occurring number found in architecture, leaves, plants, and shells, as well as in all living things.

Sitting in my loft window, I flashed an image of geometry to describe ‘Pear Square’.  I submitted my artwork, ‘Pear Square, ’ to a website dedicated solely to pears. I discovered www.pearathon.com, where artists in various mediums submit their pear paintings for public viewing. If you are a Pear Fan, you must go and see the pears in all their glorious shapes from many artistic interpretations.

“Nature is relationships in space.
Geometry defines relationships in space.

Art creates a relationship in space. “ 

An introduction to the book ‘Universal Patterns’

by Martha Boles and Rochelle Newman

Be Pear Be Square!!!... Minaz Jantz