The document summarizes how shapes from a peacock's feathers inspired a shape grammar project. Key shapes included the circular sector from the inner quill feather pattern and the teardrop curve from the feather perimeter. Analyzing the peacock train revealed these shapes were repeatedly organized in a cross arrangement like eyes. Rules for addition, rotation, reflection and glide reflection of the shapes were developed based on this analysis.

1. InspiringElement
TheInspiringElementfrom thePeacockisit’sfeathers.
ThePeacock’s“tail”orknownas“train”,consistsof
manyelementalshapes.Theyareknownfortheshape
ofeyes.
TheInspiration
Theinspirationofourprojectisfrom theMajesticBLue
Peacock.BluePeacockortheIndianPeafowl,isa
speciesofpeafowlnativetoSouthAsia..OriginatedfromspeciesofpeafowlnativetoSouthAsia..Originatedfrom
theIndiansubcontinent,theyarethenintroducedto
manypartsoftheworldasaMajesticspeciesofbirds.
PeacocksarethenationalbirdsofIndia.Theyusually
adaptthemselveswithhumanhabitationsandare
foundmainlyinplaceswherewaterisavailable.Withits
tailfannedout,thepeacockdisplaysitsbeautifulplum-
ageforalltosee.ageforalltosee.
CircularSector
Thecircularsectorshapeisobtainedfrom theinnerpatternofthe
quillfeather.Theminorsectoroftheremovedcirclehasanangleof
60°whereastheremainingofthemajorsectorhasanangleof300°.
60°
300°
TeardropCurve
Theteardropcurveisobtainedfrom thequillfeatherofthepea-
cock.Theperimeterofthefeathergivesateardropshapewhichwe
usedasoneofourbasicshapes.Theform ofthequillisobtained
from stackingoflinearlinesofdifferentlength.Theteardropcurve
hasasharp60°acuteedge.
AnalysisofInspiringElement
From thetrainofthepeacock,wederived2interestingshapesand
multipleruleswhichcanbeusedinourdesignrules.Thequillofthe
peacockhasametaphoricalshapeofaneye.Inthetrainofthe
peacock,theshapeoftheeyeisrepeatedlyorganizedinacross
arrangement.The2shapesaretheteardropcurveandfractionedarrangement.The2shapesaretheteardropcurveandfractioned
circle.
ADDITION
ADDITION
ADDITION
ROTATION
REFLECTION
GLIDEREFLECTION
ADDITION
RULE1
RULE2
RULE3
RULE4
RULE5
RULE6
RULE7
RULES RULES
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PROJECT1SHAPEGRAMMAR
TOPIC:SHAPEGRAMMARINSPIREDBYSURROUNDING.