Tessellations:Using Cultural Symbols & Motifs
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Tessellation- an arrangement of geometric tiles that completely covers a plane with no gaps or overlaps
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1. Use the document of cultural symbols and your own research to choose symbols that intrigue and or represent you.
2. Re-interpret or modify these symbols (watch the short video above) to make them work as a Tessellation - an arrangement of geometric tiles that completely covers a plane with no gaps or overlaps.
3. It should be easily recognizable which culture you were influenced by... You can choose to mix cultural influences to better reflect your cultural identity and interests or choose to tesselate with more than one shape for an extra challenge!
4. The design should involve a degree of intricacy and drawn in such a way that it can be carved from a rubber block and repeatedly printed to appear interlocking - SEE TESSELLATIONS and may rotate around a central axis, have a symmetrical grid-like pattern or tessellate on the diagonal.
5. Plan out your print on paper using a ruler and making small (barely visible) guide marks. Make 2 or more prints on paper to really get the hang of it!
6. Make one tessellation print on fabric filling the surface completely (this is permanent ink, you can place the fabric over a completed paper draft to use as your guide lines.)
2. Re-interpret or modify these symbols (watch the short video above) to make them work as a Tessellation - an arrangement of geometric tiles that completely covers a plane with no gaps or overlaps.
3. It should be easily recognizable which culture you were influenced by... You can choose to mix cultural influences to better reflect your cultural identity and interests or choose to tesselate with more than one shape for an extra challenge!
4. The design should involve a degree of intricacy and drawn in such a way that it can be carved from a rubber block and repeatedly printed to appear interlocking - SEE TESSELLATIONS and may rotate around a central axis, have a symmetrical grid-like pattern or tessellate on the diagonal.
5. Plan out your print on paper using a ruler and making small (barely visible) guide marks. Make 2 or more prints on paper to really get the hang of it!
6. Make one tessellation print on fabric filling the surface completely (this is permanent ink, you can place the fabric over a completed paper draft to use as your guide lines.)
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FOR EXTRA CREDIT: USE THAT FABRIC TO MAKE A WEARABLE MASK or coin purse!
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