How to Make Rosettes

To make a rosette with four or eight units or sections, as shown in Fig. D. Draw one-eighth of the entire design, as shown in Fig. A. Reverse a, add b. in Fig. B. forming one-fourth of the rosette. Reverse this quarter, as shown in Fig. C. thus forming half of the design. Reverse this once more and the design is compete, as shown.

If an eight-point rosette is desired add points as shown in heavy lines in Fig. D. The reversing of the sections may be done by any of the following three methods:

1. Freehand

2. By folding according to the horizontal, vertical and oblique dotted lines in Fig. A. Directions for this will be found in the chapter on Paper Cutting and Folding.

3. By means of tracings of the obverse and the reverse (Fig. B), repeated with the aid of the stylus or other means of offsetting, as described in the posts on Tracing and Transferring.

To Make a six or twelve-pointed rosette or medallion follow the rule for dividing the circle into six parts according to directions for making a hexagon in the chapter on Geometrical Forms.

Draw one unit of design and repeat according to directions for making the four or eight-pointed rosette.

The four diagrams A, B, C and D in Fig. 13 are supposed to be one drawing, but are shown as separate drawings in order to illustrate the successive steps for developing the rosette, as shown in Fig. D. The added six points A, A, A. A, A, A, need be made only if a twelve-point rosette is desired.

XX, 0000 correspond to the letters in the diagram in the posts on Geometrical Forms.