Back in the 1970s, Roger Burrows developed a whole batch of geometric patterns that he published as coloring books. I think I encountered them in the early ’80s. I know it was while I was in graduate school, in any case. Back when I had been in Fourth Grade, my teacher had introduced us to graph paper and the making of designs with crayons. I had gotten fascinated by symmetry and the designs for crosses using that. That fascination transferred from graph paper templates to Burrows’ Altair designs.
These are some of the results of my playing around with his templates.
Of course, these templates also let me indulge in playing with color as well. Having a large set of colored felt-tip pens made for hours of coloring.
The variations are as many as you want to make them. But I keep coming back to crosses.
I’ll upload some of the non-cross designs in the near future. But here’s one more cross for now.
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