How To Draw A Rose Window

NOTE: This blueprint may exist simple compared to period designs by Gothic masters. However, the geometry behind it can be a trivial daunting if yous aren't familiar with the developmental steps described so far in this book.

Basic construction begins with a hexagon. Within the hexagon a consummate circle is inscribed and, suddenly, you're halfway home...

Set out baseline A-B. Bifurcate it to find the vertical heart line. Construct the rise B-C equal to A-B. Spread out your compass to the length of A-B and, with the needle on betoken B, construct arc A-C. Where it intersects with the vertical is the center point, D. From D, spread out compass to A and construct a complete circumvolve. Now with compass spread out to the length of A-B, step around the circle to find the six sides of the hexagon.		Now bifurcate the walls of the hexagon into 12 parts as shown.
To 'slice up the pie' draw the diagonals every bit shown. To begin the commencement rosette, construct a pocket-size circle around the middle.		Employ the smaller circumvolve every bit a heart line to inscribe smaller circles inside each segment.
Remove the unnecessary scribe lines to reveal the starting time rosette. Now from the principal heart point, inscribe a border.		Next, the procedure is repeated on a larger calibration - with another circle inscribed for the master rosette. Bifurcate the diagonals to find centre points.
From the center points, inscribe larger circles as shown.		Remove the scribe lines to reveal the larger 'petals.'
The completed rose window.