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Creating Tessellations

Submitted by: Myriam Ramos, Antilles High School, Fort Buchanan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Unit: M. C. Escher - Design - Math Integration
Grade Level: 6 through 12

 

Objectives:

1. Create a tessellations using rotation and translation.
2. Create a tessellation using reflection.
3. Art Appreciation - the work of M. C. Escher
4. Use elements and principles of design - color, balance, repetition/pattern.
5. Career emphasis - textile design or wrapping paper design

Vocabulary:

Tessellation, reflection, rotation, translation, repetition

 

Instruction/Motivation:

Present works of M. C. Escher
Demonstrate steps on overhead (See Jim McNeill Demo)


 

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Materials:

Transparencies
Escher posters (See below)
Construction Paper rectangles (or 3" x 3" (7.6 x 7.6 cm) squares)
Construction Paper triangles
Rulers. and Protractor
Permanent Markers., Colored Pencils. or Crayons
Drawing Paper.

 

Escher Posters

  • Magic Mirror by M.C. Escher
  • Day and Night by M.C. Escher
  • Reptiles by M. C. Escher.
  • Circle Limit IV by M. C. Escher
  • Sky and Water by M. C. Escher

Resources:

IAD's Tessellation page- With lessons, information, pictures, and history.
Tessellations:How to Create Them [VHS]. - with Jim McNeill
Tessellations Posters from Crystal Productions.
Jim McNeill Demonstration
M.C. Escher's Official website

 

Books

Tessellations : The History and Making of Symmetrical Designs.- Learn step-by-step how to create translations, rotations, and reflections. Written with students and teachers in mind, this picture book provides clearly illustrated demonstrations that can be used for independent study or as a teacher resource.

Introduction to Tessellations. - This clear introduction to tessellations and other intriguing geometric designs help students explore polygons, regular polygons and combinations of regular polygons, Escher-type tessellations, Islamic art designs, and tessellating letters.

Escher: The Complete Graphic Work.- An account of the life and work of this artist, drawn from family papers and Escher's own correspondence and essays, with an illustrated catalogue of his works, some of which had not previously been reproduced.

Procedures:

1. Demonstrate tessellation techniques on overhead (See Jim McNeill Demo):

  • Translation

  • Rotation

2. Hand out rectangles to create rotation and translation tessellations.
3. Copy four times in sketchbook to create a mosaic.
4. Hand out equilateral triangles.
5. Demonstrate reflection.
6. Brainstorm symmetrical objects and group in three's.
7. Create a design with three related symmetrical objects on sides of triangle.
8. Draw adjacent equilateral triangles on 12" x 18" (30.5 x 46 cm) paper using protractor and ruler.
Transfer designs from triangle te3mplate to 12" x 18"(30.5 x 46 cm) drawing paper. See example
9. Color with markers, crayons or colored pencils.

 

For more information on this lesson, email Myriam Ramos cemy@caribe.net

 

Evaluation:

Did students successfully use rotation and translation to create a tessellation?
Did students successfully use reflection to create a tessellation?
Did students show an awareness and appreciation of the work of M. C. Escher?
Did students effectively use color, repetition to create a strong design?




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