MANDALA DESIGN

Mandala Design


What is a mandala?

The meaning of mandala comes from Sanskrit meaning "circle." Even though it may be dominated by squares or triangles, a mandala has a concentric structure. Mandalas offer balancing visual elements, symbolizing unity and harmony. The meanings of individual mandalas is usually different and unique to each mandala. The goal of the mandala is to serve as a tool on our spiritual journey as it symbolizes cosmic and psychic order.

On our creative drafting assignment, we worked to create our own mandala, combining circles and other geometric shapes.

 

CALLIGRAM PORTRAIT

CALLIGRAM PORTRAIT



A calligram is a poem, phrase, or word in which the typeface, calligraphy or handwriting is arranged in a way that creates a visual image. The image created by the words expresses visually what the word, or words, say. In a poem, it manifests visually the theme presented by the text of the poem. Guillaume Apollinaire was a famous calligram writer and author of a book of poems called Calligrammes. His poem written in the form of the Eiffel Tower is an example of a calligram.

We did a self-portrait using this artistic technique, using as text our favorite song's lyrics.

Here you have some of our best calligram portraits, from this year.


And here you can see some of our calligrams