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Girih Extended #156
   
Girih Extended: These designs are based on scaled sets of polygons and girih tiles, a medieval Islamic patterning system. I had previously created a technique for building patterns from polygons using scaling to vary density. I then applied the technique to girih patterns, extending the original girih polygon set.  more...
  
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Girih Extended #156
   
An intermediate pattern shows both the polygons and girih lines.
  
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Girih Extended #156
   
The underlying structure of polygons.
 
  

“Lattice”