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About my Name…
A Tesselation Project
MC Escher inspired
What’s in a name?
• Do you know how you got your name?
• Look up the meaning of your name on the
internet…
• What is the story behind your name? Can you
ask someone how you got your name?
• Do you have a nickname? How did you get it?
Requirements of project
• Create a grid
• Draw your name SYMMETRICALLY across
the grid
• Create a shape to TESSELLATE
• Color in the Tessellation using PATTERN
• Leave the NAME WHITE with STIPPLING
• Staple to MOUNTing paper/Rubric on back
Bubble Letters:
Bubble Letters
EASY LETTER DEMO
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• From our ancestors come our names, but from
our virtues our honors. ~Proverb
• What does this mean?
Practice your signature
• A signature (from Latin: signare, "to sign") is a
handwritten (and often stylized) depiction of
someone's name, nickname, or even a simple
"X" or other mark that a person writes on
documents as a proof of identity and intent.
• WHAT IS A FONT?
A FONT IS… • In traditional (before Computers)
typography (design of type) , a font is a
particular size (HEIGHT on LINE),
weight (Thickness of LINE) and style
(DESIGN OF LINE) of a typeface
(ALPHABET of DESIGN).
• In Computers-FONT is the style of the
typing.
HOW WERE FONTS MADE BEFORE
COMPUTERS?
Cursive lettering
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How to measure…
• You need to measure a 3 inch by 3 inch grid
with a ruler
• ALWAYS Mark 3 times
(WHY THREE TIMES?)
• and DRAW it out! (USING RULER)
Symmetry:
• Symmetry is the identical reflection of two sides.
• In order to be symmetrical, one side of the
pattern or object is exactly the same as the
other side of the pattern or object.
Line or MIRROR Symmetry
• The simplest symmetry is Reflection Symmetry
(sometimes called Line Symmetry or Mirror
Symmetry). It is easy to recognize, because one
half is the reflection of the other half.
• the Line of Symmetry runs left-to-right
• it is not perfect symmetry, because the image is
changed a little by the lake surface
Examples of symmetry:
ROTATIONAL Symmetry
• With Rotational Symmetry, the image is rotated
(around a central point) so that it appears 2 or
more times. How many times it appears is called
the Order.
• Could there be an ORDER 4, or 5?
Snakes in 3D
WHAT ORDER IS SNAKES?
Draw Diagonal across grid
Use tracing paper to copy
your name
Turn upside down—line
up on line: and transfer by
retracing lines
MCEscher created his last work in
1969.
• Snakes: Snakes was a woodcut. Snakes has
rotational symmetry of order 3, comprising a
single wedge-shaped image which is repeated
three times in a circle. It was made in July of
1969.
M.C. Escher
“ I don't use drugs, my dreams are
frightening enough.”
Fun Facts
– He was left handed
.
• did not consider
himself to be an
artist
• the house that he
grew up in is now a
museum.
An Artist who loves MATH????
• Amazingly, Escher did NOT have mathematical training.
• He apparently taught himself.
Escher as a STUDENT
• Escher had poor grades, but he drew pictures very well.
• Even though Escher could draw well, he had bad grades and failed grades in elementary and secondary school.
What is a tessellation…
• A tessellation is the tiling of a
plane using one or more geometric
shapes, called tiles, with no
overlaps and no gaps.
• Tessellations were used by the
Sumerians (about 4000 BC) in
building wall decorations formed
by patterns of clay tiles.[1]
• Mosaic of
Church
floor …
M. C. Escher was a
graphic artist—he
created art works
that were meant
to be duplicated
through the
printing process
• Escher’s images
came from his
imagination rather
than reality.
• They show
impossible realities
“Drawing Hands”
• This is an infinite
loop of stairs that
could not be
constructed in
reality.
Tessellations rely on
Pattern/RHYTHM
A PATTERN is an image/object that repeats
Objects that repeat themselves create a visual
RHYTHM
MC Escher was intrigued by the idea of the
“DIVISION OF THE PLANE”
Patterns Occur in Nature
Creating a tessellation
• Make a
shape that
will fit
together on
sides
MC
Escher
was
fascinated
by
patterns in
Nature
Draw on two sides of grid
square
Cut out the shapes and
tape to opposite side
Trace on the grid
Don’t draw through the
name
stip·ple
to paint, engrave, or draw by
means of dots or small touches.
•Stippling Stippling is creating tone with clusters of dots,
these can be applied with a technical pen or
fountain pen, which will give a uniform tone.
• The action of stippling is achieved by a gentle
tapping motion.
Requirements of project
• Create a grid
• Draw your name SYMMETRICALLY across
the grid
• Create a shape to TESSELLATE
• Color in the Tessellation using PATTERN
• Leave the NAME WHITE with STIPPLING
• Staple to MOUNTing paper/Rubric on back
CRITERIA for GRADING
• How well were REQUIREMENTS met?
– Do you have all the required elements of the project
– How good does it all look together
• How CREATIVE is what you produced?
– How original is your idea/How much a reflection of
you?
• How much care did you put into the
PRESENTATION?
– Is it neatly done? Did you take good care of the
project as you completed it?