Mafrouka Patterns for a Jalsa

The King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts (KFSTA), a core charity of His Majesty King Charles III, furthers his vision of fostering appreciation for the universal values underlying the world’s great art traditions. The school’s teaching emphasizes that understanding traditional arts is inseparable from understanding the natural order and humankind’s place within it.
KFSTA has pioneered postgraduate education rooted in practice, offering Masters and Doctoral degrees in the UK and extending its ethos through public Open Programme courses and international Outreach Programmes. Over the last 30 years, the school has expanded its reach, with programs in over 20 countries, and established centers for long-term education in Egypt, Azerbaijan, China, and Saudi Arabia.

Simon Trethewey holds an MA in Visual Islamic and Traditional Arts from the Royal College of Art & Fellow of ACU (Association of Commonwealth Universities, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Gujurat, India). He was Director of Studies at the Princes School of Traditional Arts from 2013 (Now the King Foundation School of Traditional Arts), before retiring in 2022. He has taught Geometry within the traditional Arts context over many years and has a particular interest in the proportional harmonics found within natural forms and the cosmos.

Rana Al-Amoudi is a graduate of the Prince’s Foundation Jameel House of Traditional Arts one year programme in Jeddah (2017) before joining the School as a tutor in 2019. Rana’s work focuses on analyzing, researching and teaching AlBalad patterns and Gypsum carving and piercing.