This project teaches children about the features of Islamic art. They make geometric patterns and motifs on paper, with fabric and in clay. They use their learning to create a high relief clay tile, decorated with geometric patterns.
| Memorable experience | Exploring Islamic art |
|---|---|
| Innovate challenge | Creating geometric tiles |
| Art | Features of Islamic art; Motifs and patterns; High and low relief clay sculpture |
| Book | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discovering Islamic Art: a children's guide with activity sheets | Waterstones | Amazon | Mary Beardwood | 9781909339040 |
| Arts and Culture in the Early Islamic World (Life in the Early Islamic World) | Waterstones | Amazon | Lizann Flatt | 9780778721741 |
| Islamic Art: close-up (The British Museum) | Waterstones | Amazon | Sheila R Canby | 9780714111896 |
| Islamic Geometric Patterns (Thames & Hudson) | Waterstones | Amazon | Eric Broug | 9780500294680 |
| Islamic Culture (Global Cultures) | Waterstones | Amazon | Charlotte Guillain | 9781406241839 |
| The Story of Islam (Usborne Young Reading) | Waterstones | Amazon | Rob Lloyd Jones | 9780746077658 |
| Early Islamic Civilisation (Explore!) | Waterstones | Amazon | Izzi Howell | 9781526300836 |