Dare #6

This week Dare is sponsored by Far Flung Craft and Kristy has the honour of choosing the theme for the Dare Gals.

Geometric Designs in Asia

First, a little secret, I hated, despised, and abhorred geometry in school. I only just barely passed high school geometry, my math teacher treated me horribly, I just didn’t get understand it and I struggled with the concepts of angles, circumference and how to determine the area of a triangle. To this day, I still am not quite sure I know who Euclid was and why his theories really matter to me. In fact, my general opposition to all things geometrical still exists today and I cringe at the thought of having to tutor my children someday in the mysteries of math, but here I sit in Singapore surrounded by Geometric patterns, designs and art. I love the look of the Chinese lattice screens, the geometric patterns found on antique floor tiles, and of course the naturalistic patterns of Japanese paper. Living in Asia may just force me to change my mind about all of the geometry lessons I so hated.

The use of patterns as a decorative touch has long seated history in Asia. Examples of geometric patterns can be found on the early bronze works from the Shang Dynasty in China (2000 BC). Geometric patterns have also been traced back to Japan as early as 3000BC in the form of tattoos and let’s not forget all of the geometric patterns found in Indonesian textiles, Polynesian designs and Indian and Tibetan Mandelas.

This weeks dare is to think about Asian geometric designs and use them on your layouts. Perhaps you are a whiz at paper cutting and can design a background using Chinese lattice designs, perhaps you feel inspired when looking at the geometrical beauty of the Petronas towers in Kuala Lumpur. Let’s see us all take on Euclid and prove that Geometry is more than a high school math subject!

Here's what Kristy has to say:

Here's what Kristy has to say:

" Hi, my name is Kristy and I have been scrapbooking in some form since high school. When my I moved to Asia I got serious about scrapbooking but it was hard as Taiwan had no scrapbook stores at the time. Moving to Singapore in 2004 was like a dream come true, real scrapbook stores with paper and cardstock! Ok, the stores have grown a bit since those early days, as has my stash!

I love living in Asia and am love gaining inspiration from all of the images and sites that surround me everyday. I think Singapore is really my second home and I love the Asian Dares, thank you for letting me a part of this! "

This is Kristy's interpretation of the theme. She was inspired by the Moorish architecture in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

You can find out more about Kristy on her blog.


Here's what the Dare Gals came up with:

Audrey

Edleen

Joanne

Karen

Michelle

Sharon

Participants of this Dare will have their names put in a box and one lucky winner will win a Sin$25 voucher to be spent at Far Flung Craft. Please leave the link of your creation either at the comment box on this blog or at the Dare section in The Scrapper's Loft forum. Have fun!