Amplified Object/Mandala (2018)

February 22, 2021

My special object always reminds me of my tattoo a “Flower of Life”, which has a very special meaning in many religions of this world.

The Flower finds its origin in the Seed of Life and the Egg of Life. When their creation is continued we find the structure Flower at the end.

The Temple of Osiris in Egypt has one of the oldest examples of this special ancient pattern Flower. More examples can be found in Indian, Asian, Middle Eastern etc.

The perfect form, proportion and harmony of the Flower has been known to philosophers, architects and artist around the world.

Many consider Flower to be a kind of sacred geometry containing an ancient religious meaning by combining all forms and pattern and over coming space and time since many centuries.

How it works:

The geometric pattern comes to life by repeating, overlapping equal circles in a two dimensional space.

The most popular "Flower of Life" is hexagonal pattern (the center of each circle is made of six surrounding circles of the same size) made of 19 complete circles and 36 partial circular, enclosed by a large circle.

Overlapping circles with similar geometrical constructions have been used in various of the decorations arts since ancient times.

The pattern has found a wide range of usage in our culture, in fashion, jewelry, tattoos and in many decorative products.

Here are some examples of these kind of patterns which always have the basis of an overlapping circle grid.

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