Join us for regular Art and Craft of Labyrinth courses at SAOG Studios
Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern
Regular courses in the alchemy and processes involved in making your own pigment, paint and patterns ...
Labyrinths of the World
Regular courses in the practice and philosophy of Labyrinths
Solar System to Scale
Measuring the Earth: Constructing the Solar System with Adam Tetlow (Feb 19)
Measuring the Earth
Measuring the Earth: Constructing the Solar System - Adam Tetlow at SAOG Studios (Feb. 2019)
Sacred and Traditional Arts
Regular practise-based courses in the Sacred and Traditional Arts of the World at SAOG Studios
Islamic Geometry
Geometry of Morocco and Al-Andalus with Daniel Docherty (PFSTA, London Jan. 2019)
Islamic Geometry
Regular courses in Islamic Pattern at SAOG Studios
Oak Gall Ink
Whoever realised that making your own inks and pigments was so much fun!!!
Moroccan Zouaq with Natasha Mann
SAOG Studios was delighted to host a Zouaq workshop with Natasha Mann Aug. 2018.
We're very much looking forward to further courses with her in the months ahead.
Dance of Venus
Regular courses at SAOG Studios exploring this extraordinary beautiful pattern resulting from the dance of Earth and Venus
Platonic Solids
Finding Golden Ratio relationships in the Platonic Solids - Ayala Museum/Manilla (PFSTA collaboration).
The Dance of Venus ..
Daniel Docherty introducing students at Jameel House of Traditional Arts -Jeddah - to key principles and symbolism inherent within Islamic Geometry.
Dance of Venus
Learn how to construct, using compass and straightedge, the beautiful pattern produced by the motions of Earth and Venus.
Willow Basketry
Join guest tutor Annemarie O'Sullivan for regular courses exploring the Art of Willow Basketry
Islamic Pattern
Regular short courses in Islamic Geometric Design
Celtic Geometry
Celtic Pattern courses at SacredArtofGeometry with Adam Tetlow
Tile-Making Courses
Islamic and Encaustic Tile-Making workshops
Alhambra Patterns
Drawing Labyrinths
Art and Craft of Labyrinth course at the Chalice Well Gdns, 2018 with Tom Bree and Daniel Docherty
Zouaq Painting
Anne Cooper painting some beautiful biomorphs with natural pigments/egg tempera ...
Zouaq Painting
Familiarising ourselves with the medium (egg tempera) and the pigments ...
Chartres, Story and Sacred Geometry
Not-to-be-missed ...
September 2019 with Daniel Docherty and Roi Gal-Or
Patterns of the Planets
Mandalas of the World
Mandalas of the World with Daniel Docherty 13-17 May 2019
Celtic Pattern
Regular courses in Celtic Pattern with Adam Tetlow
Rose Window Geometry
Courses at SAOG Studios in Rose Window and Gothic Tracery Design with Lucie Galvani and Jonathan Horning
Walking the Labyrinth
Preparing a Vesica Labyrinth for the Chalice Well, Glastonbury, Winter Solstice Celebrations 2018
Chartres Pilgrimage
Join Daniel Docherty (SAOG Studios) and Roi Gal-Or (ISOS) for our Autumn 2020 Chartres Course ... Chartres, Story and Sacred Geometry
Sharing a moment
Adam Tetlow, Roger Antonsen and Ameet Hindocha sharing a moment during a recent Integrating Celtic and Islamic pattern course at SAOG Studios
Persian Patterns
Explore the geometric genius of the Persian master craftsman at SAOG Studios
Walking the Labyrinth
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
Mandy's Mandala
Mandy Sutton's exquisite spiral leaf cut-out based on the root2/root3 diminishing square diagram.
Labyrinth course
'Ariadne's thread'
I give you the end of a Golden String ...
Topkapi Scroll Geometry
Join Daniel Docherty and Ameet Hindocha for our next instalment of Pattern Masters ...
Vesica Labyrinth
The Vesica Labyrinth created for the Winter Solstice Celebrations by Tom Bree, Daniel Docherty and Art and Craft of Labyrinth course participants (Chalice Well Gdns, Glastonbury - 2018).
Labyrinth courses
Learn the Art and Craft of Labyrinths at SAOG Studios
Islamic Geometry
Regular courses in Islamic Geometric Pattern at SAOG Studios
Islamic Geometry
The most ubiquitous of all Islamic patterns???
Certainly one of the most straight-forward and fun to draw.
Alchemy of Paint and Pattern
SAOG Studios
Number, Harmony and the Measure of Heaven and Earth Oct. 2017 ... John Martineau in session ...
Persian Pattern
Delphine Thieffry's stunning Persian 'islimi' piece - Aug. 2017 produced during Persian Pattern and the Art of Arabesque with Daniel Docherty and Adam Williamson
Happy Geometer!
SAOG Studios senior tutor Daniel Docherty teaching at the Jameel Hs of Traditional Arts, Jeddah Dec. 2018
Celtic Pattern
Join us at SAOG Studios for regular Celtic Pattern courses
Keith Critchlow
Delighted to host a recent visit by Keith Critchlow to SAOG Studios ...
Hexagonal Weave
Regular Weaving the Cosmos courses at SAOG Studios
Hana L. Shahnavaz
Honoured to have Hana Louise Shahnavaz join us during our Spring 2018 Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern course
Amiens Labyrinth
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
Attuning to Venus!
About five years into the dance of Earth and Venus ... Learn to draw this Pattern at SAOG Studios this June (Click for details)
Rose Windows
Jonathan Horning presenting a practical Rose Window Design session during SAOG Studios recent Symposium ... join Jonathan, Daniel Docherty and Lucie Galvani 29 July-5 August 2018 for a week-long Glorious Gothic course ...
Moorish Tiles
Moorish Geometry and Tile-Making, SAOG Studios 7-11 Jan. 2019
Pattern Masters
Jenny Grace taking some visual notes
Persian Patterns
Jenny working on a traditional Persian girih pattern
The knots of Da Vinci and Durer
Join Adam Tetlow at SAOG Studios 3, 4 Feb. 2018 for Celtic Geometry and the knots of Da Vinci and Durer
Patterns of Syria
Patterns from the Great Mosque, Damascus,
formed part of SAOG Studios recent Pattern Masters course led by Daniel Docherty and Ameet Hindocha
Next course: 12, 13 May 2018
Barbara Blackman Temenos Lecture
Daniel Docherty and Prof. Keith Critchlow reveal the sacred geometry underpinning the Griffin Plan for Canberra
Ayala Museum, Manilla
Paul Quiaño completing and contemplating a hexagonal weave basket. Ayala Museum/PSTA collaboration Aug. 2017
Head, Heart, Hands
Margo Stone constructing a pattern at the Temenos Academy/Cowdray Park Oct. 2017 event with Tom Bree, Daniel Docherty and Valentin Gerlier
Celtic Pattern
Woven Spheres
On location in Iran
SacredArtofGeometry's Kira Orsak taking photographic notes while on location.
Chartres Labyrinth
Mandy Pullen constructs the Chartres Labyrinth - SAOG Studios/Nov. 2016
Barbara Blackman Temenos Lecture
SAOG tutor Daniel Docherty presents the 2013 Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation Lecture / Fairfax Theatre ,NGA, Canberra.
The lecture explored the Sacred Geometry underlying the plan and design of Canberra- Australia's Capital City by Walter Burley and Marion Mahony Griffin.
Celtic Patterns courses
Join us at SAOG Studios as we host Celtic Pattern, Geometry and Imagination with Adam Tetlow
Islamic Tile-Making courses
SAOG offers regular
Tile-Making courses
The mystery of Seven
Islamic Pattern
Learn the Art of Islamic Geometric Pattern at SAOG Studios
Islamic Geometry
Translate your compass and straight-edge constructions into beautiful works of art in wood veneer (above), ceramic tiles, block prints, etc
Art of Arabesque
SAOG Symposium (April 2016) with Adam Williamson.
On location - Morocco
Join SAOG's April 2016 Moroccan Pattern - Moroccan Tiles course
The Prince's Foundation School of Tr
Daniel helping students prepare an exhibition for HRH Prince Charles during the Diamond Jubilee Year Melbourne Australia visit.
Moroccan pattern and Tile-Making
Moroccan pattern and Tile-Making - April 2016
Dance of Venus
Chartres Labyrinth
Learn how to construct the Chartres Labyrinth using the traditional tools of compass and square/straight-edge.
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
Moroccan Pattern
Join SAOG's April 2016 Moroccan Pattern - Moroccan Tiles course
Natasha Mann
Join us this 12, 13 January to Learn the traditional techniques of Moroccan Zouaq painting with zouaq master Natasha Mann.
Hexagonal Weave
Regular Weaving the Cosmos and Art of Basketry courses ...
Geometry of Nature and Cosmos
SAOG Symposium (April 2016) with Tom Bree.
Tom Bree returns to SAOG Studios 23 August 2016. Book Today.
Moroccan Geometry
Dazzling Mandalas
Learn the art of compass and straight-edge construction and create beautiful patterns.
Model and draw the Platonic Solids
Guest tutor Richard Henry 15/07/15
Participants of SAOG's final Summer term Wed. evening class were guided through a beautiful 12 Fold Islamic Rosette drawing by Art of Islamic Pattern's Richard Henry.
Enjoying the Spring bluebells
Enjoying the Spring bluebells at Emerson College
Dazzling Mandalas
Learn the art of compass and straight-edge construction and create patterns of great beauty.
Richard Henry presents ...
Sacred Art of Geometry Symposium (April 2016) R. Henry masterclass.
Beautiful Mandalas
Mandy Sutton's exquisite spiral leaf cut-out based on the root2/root3 diminishing square diagram that informs the North Rose window at Chartres Cathedral.
St Benedict pupils attend SAOI event
St Benedict's school Pupils enjoying a geometry session during the Chalice Well's Sacred Arts of Islam festival - June 2015
Ceramic tile finger labyrinth
Join SAOG's next labyrinth course ...
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
John Martineau Talk
Two SAOG Spring 2016 events John Martineau presents the Sacred Art of Geometry Symposium Lecture;
2-6 May The Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern with David Cranswick
Sacred Arts of Islam
June 2015
Sacred Arts of Islam - hosted by the Chalice Well Trust.
Islamic geometric design
Learn to construct and colour beautiful Islamic geometric designs.
Chartres Labyrinth
Draw the Chartres Labyrinth using the traditional tools of compasses and straight-edge ...
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
Temenos Academy lectures
Dodecahedron
Make you own set of Platonic forms
Fractal fives
Moroccan Tiles
Join SAOG's April 2016 Moroccan Pattern - Moroccan Tiles course
Islamic pattern
Avebury stone circle
Sacred Art of Geometry
Join SAOG's next labyrinth course ...
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
A harmony of head, heart and hands ... SAOG tutors Daniel and Vija Docherty work with primary students, NSW Australia.
Workshops for Schools
12 Fold Rosette
Guest tutor Richard Henry presents an Islamic Geometry Masterclass
Moroccan Pattern
Courses in Islamic Pattern and Tile-Making
Labyrinths
Learn to draw labyrinths from around the world ...
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
Da Vinci drawn Icosidodecahedron
Order in Nature
SacredArtofGeometry Educational Initiative (SAGE Initiative) through its various endeavours, sets out to promote a sense of awe and reverence, understanding and awareness of the patterns that underlie and inform our world and the whole cosmos.
Islamic Tiles
John Martineau - Venus dance
'It's simple and really, really beautiful".
John Martineau shares his latest research during the Chalice Well's 2015 Companion's Day.
Size of Earth and Moon
Moroccan Pattern
Join SAOG's April 2016 Moroccan Pattern - Moroccan Tiles course
Compass and Ruler
Learn the art of ruler and compass constructions
Dodecahedron
Join SacredArtofGeometry's next Platonic Solids workshop.
Colour tests - Australian ochres
Diamond Jubilee Project- Melbourne
SacredArtofGeometry tutor Daniel Docherty co- presents with Amber Khokhar on behalf of the
Prince's School of Traditional Art, London, with Victorian College of the Arts, Australian Tapestry Workshop and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. A week-long collaborative art workshop for children from Coolaoroo South Primary School. The workshop culminated with an exhibition for HRH Prince Charles on Melbourne Cup Day at the Australian Tapestry Workshop in South Melbourne.
Ninefold construction
A simple nine-fold construction in Alhambra swirl (construction by D.Docherty)
Geometry in Nature
Vija Docherty geometry teaching
A harmony of head, heart and ... SAOG tutors Daniel and Vija Docherty work with primary students, NSW Australia.
Order unfolding....Geometry in Action
SAOG tutor Daniel Docherty presents the 2013 Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation Lecture / Fairfax Theatre ,NGA, Canberra.
The lecture explored the Sacred Geometry underlying the plan and design of Canberra- Australia's Capital City.
Weaving the Cosmos
A eucalyptus bark Icosidodecahedron in a Cumbrian Oak swill basket.
Melbourne Australia
A wonderful collaboration with Daniel Docherty (SAOG/PSTA) and Amber Khokhar (PSTA) between Coolaroo South Primary Sch.,Royal Botanical Gardens, Australian Tapestry Workshop, VCA and PSTA
Sacred Geometry at the Chalice Well
The Joy of Geometry
Alhambra Tile-Making
A young Daniel Docherty creating Alhambra inspired tile Panels
Alhambra Patterns
Celtic Geometry at SAOG Studios
Tiles drying
God creating Heaven and Earth
Sacred Geometry Australia
"Daniel Docherty's constellation of mandalas invokes the precise geometric forms of Islamic tiling, an esoteric field where mathematics approaches mysticism. They are a mesmerising achievement in deploying sacred geometry." Newcastle Herald- Art Critic/ 20/06/09
Gilded Labyrinth
I GIVE you the end of a golden string;
Only wind it into a ball,
It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate,
Built in Jerusalem’s wall.…
W. Blake
Geometry and Fabric Printing course
Geometry Art
Drawing Mandalas
Drawing Mandalas with primary school children in NSW, Australia
Geometry of Structure
SAOG's Daniel Docherty teaches a 3D Geometry workshop at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts - Jan 2015
Master Geometer Paul Marchant.
Master Geometer and SacredArtofGeometry tutor mentor Paul Marchant leading a Chartres Cathedral field trip.
Sacred Geometry
Diamond Jubilee Tapestry Project/Col
Diamond Jubilee Tapestry Project/Collaboration
HRH and SAOG tutor Discussing....
HRH The Prince of Wales and SacredArtofGeometry tutor Daniel Docherty discussing Alhambra Geometry.
Alhambra tiles
Learn to construct beautiful Islamic Geometric Patterns and create stunning ceramic tiles
Geometry/ fabric printing course
A sacred geometry/ fabric printing workshop co-presented with Miranda Earle
Sand Labyrinths
Art and Craft of Labyrinth
24-28 February 2020
with Daniel Docherty
Islamic Design and tiles-making
Daniel Docherty and HRH
The Geometry of the Griffin's Design
SAOG tutor Daniel Docherty presents the 2013 Barbara Blackman Temenos Foundation Lecture / Fairfax Theatre ,NGA, Canberra.
The lecture explored the Sacred Geometry underlying the plan and design of Canberra- Australia's Capital City.
Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern
Join SAOG's next Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern course in collaboration with David Cranswick PhD
Azurite blue
Make your own set of natural mineral and plant paints
Sacred Geometry
Tenfold Islamic Pattern
SAOG Studios at Emerson College
sacred pattern
Sacred Geometry for Children
Integrating Art and Mathematics ...
Sevenfold Kairos Flower
Created by Primary School children at the Newcastle Waldorf School, NSW, Australia
Sacred Art of Geometry
Sacred Geometry
Islamic Pattern courses at SAOG
Daniel Docherty at SAOG Studios
flower of life
Celtic Geometry with Adam Tetlow
Chartres Labyrinth
Plaster carved Chartres Labyrinth
Bountiful Botanicals
SAOG tutors Kira Orsak and Daniel Docherty prepare plant paints with visitors to Wakehurst's Bountiful Botanical festival - 2016
Mandala Art
David Cranswick at SAOG Studios
Join SAOG's next Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern course in collaboration with David Cranswick PhD
Sacred Art of Geometry
Join us at SAOG Studios for a wonderful array of practical courses exploring the traditional and sacred arts of the world
Draw Islamic Art
Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern
Architect and Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern participant (May 16), Oliver Perceval, presents an impromptu Antoni Gaudi talk inspired by a recent visit to Barcelona.
Moroccan Pattern
Learn the Art of Compass and Straight-edge construction
Healing Words Healing Patterns
A SacredArtofGeometry session with International School of Storytelling students - May 2016
Rose Window Patterns
Join our next Rose Window Design and Construction course
Flower of Life
Learn the practice and philosophy of Sacred Geometry and the Arts of the Quadrivium at SAOG Studios
Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern
Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern. Click for details
SAOG Studios symposium
R. Henry presents a Sacred Art of Geometry Masterclass at Emerson College - April 2016
How to make watercolour paints
Freshly made watercolour paints ready to be made into sets!! Next Alchemy of Pigment and Pattern course 4-8 June 2018
The Gilded Rose with Lucie Galvani
Nadia's gorgeous gilded rose piece created under the watchful eye of master
illuminator Lucie Galvani SAOG Studios/Autumn 2016
Melbourne Australia
A wonderful collaboration with Daniel Docherty (SAOG/PSTA) and Amber Khokhar (PSTA) between Coolaroo South Primary Sch.,Royal Botanical Gardens, Australian Tapestry Workshop, VCA and PSTA