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.You can adaptthese instructions to create a permanent stone labyrinth outside.A rope Cretan labyrinth.Instructions are given for outside construction.Once you ve madethe labyrinth, you can dismantle the materials and store them in a du el bag, to take withyou to make a labyrinth wherever you d like outdoors, space permitting.A temporary Chartres labyrinth made from masking tape.Before you site the labyrinth, determine the amount of space you ll need.The paths can beanywhere from eighteen inches wide, the minimum for a comfortable walk, to as wide as you dlike.The width you choose can be based on function Robert Ferré likes three-foot-wide paths inorder to accommodate wheelchairs.Toby Evans makes the mown-grass paths on her PrairieLabyrinth four feet wide since her rider mower cuts a four-foot swath. A 104-foot masking tape labyrinth in St.Louis, Missouri.A classical seven-circuit Cretan labyrinth is actually fteen circuits wide by fourteen circuitsdeep; since you ll be creating labyrinths that have an extra-wide center, your labyrinths will besixteen circuits wide rather than fteen.That translates to a minimum of a square 25 feet by 25feet if you use 18-inch-wide paths.If you re building the labyrinth in a room, remember to allow at least one foot or so around theperimeter of the labyrinth so people aren t bumping against walls!MAKING A CRETAN LABYRINTH WITH TAPEhis method of constructing a tape labyrinth with a larger center comes directly from RobertFerré, labyrinth maker and director of the St.Louis Labyrinth Project, to whom I owe manythanks for these instructions.This method will create a seven-circuit labyrinth with anTexpanded center (see Figure 6.1), which will accommodate more people in the center thanthe traditional seven-circuit labyrinth.For easy reference, photocopy all the gures used toconstruct the tape labyrinth.This way you can make notes on the copies to help you whenconstructing other labyrinths. FIGURE 6.1 CRETAN LABYRINTH WITH EXPANDED CENTERMaterials" One-inch-wide masking or electrical tape (approximately 450 feet for two-foot-wide paths).Buy extra tape, for a total of 500 feet.You can always return it, but it is better to have extraon hand than to have to run to the store.Electrical tape, unlike adhesive tape, can bestretched easily to create curves; it is more durable; it doesn t leave marks on a wooden oor;and it is easier to pull up when you are ready to disassemble the labyrinth.If the oor isconcrete or carpet, however, adhesive tape is stickier and will do a better job than electricaltape.FIGURE 6.2: FINISHED TAPE LABYRINTH " Measuring rope or string the length of which is the width of eight paths plus two feet.If youare making a labyrinth with two-foot-wide paths, for instance, you would need an eighteen-foot rope." Permanent marker to mark the measuring rope." Plumber s plunger for holding the measuring rope in place." Music to play during construction to help you relax and concentrate (optional).Instructions1.Measure your space and determine the center.Look at Figure 6.2g.Notice that the functionalcenter of the labyrinth is not the exact geometrical center of the labyrinth; the functionalcenter is two path widths below the exact center.Once you have found the exact center ofyour usable space, measure two path widths down to nd the functional center, the pointfrom which you ll be making your measurements.Mark that spot with a small piece of tape.You will be working with the top of the labyrinth rst, creating half circles.Figure outwhere you want your entrance to be; these half circles will be opposite the entrance.2.Knot a loop in one end of the measuring rope and slip the loop over the plunger, making surethe loop is loose enough to pivot freely.Make a mark on the rope the distance of one pathwidth from the stick of the plunger.Make seven more marks on the rope, each the width of apath.You should then have eight marks on your rope.Secure the plunger over the center mark (X) with tape. 3.Refer to Figure 6.2a for steps 3 to 5.Pull the rope so that it is straight, then lay it down atthe bottom left of the half circles.Place a small piece of tape under each of the marks on therope.4.Pivot the rope a few degrees clockwise, and repeat step 3.5.Keep pivoting the rope around the top half until you reach the other side.You now haveeight concentric half circles of markers around your center point.6.See Figure 6.2b.Take longer sections of tape and connect the dots, so to speak, creating lines.You now have created the top half of your labyrinth.7.See Figure 6.2c.Move the plunger to point B and tape it down.Draw quarter circles frompoint B by placing tape under the rst ve marks on the rope.Notice that these ve quartercircles connect with the five outer semicircles above them.8.See Figure 6.2c
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