HOw to create a tessellation using a cut stencil
This short video produced by Visualimpactsystems gives a great step by step tutorial on how you can create your own tessellation stencils.
After you watch this video, see if you can identify which form of modification the artist used to create her tessellation stencil.
After you watch this video, see if you can identify which form of modification the artist used to create her tessellation stencil.
Make your own tessellations!
If you want to explore tessellations more, below you will find links to two sites where you can create your own tessellations digitally!
Tessellate !
Interactivate has developed Tessellate! This tessellation generator allows you as an artist the freedom to modify your tessellation’s polygons as well as the designs color scheme. This is an easy to use program that even allows you to print you tessellations so that we can hang and enjoy
them in the classroom and at home.
them in the classroom and at home.
Tessellation Creator
Illuminations resources for teaching math have developed a Tessellation Creator. This interactive tessellation program allows the artist
to develop their own uniquely colored and designed tessellation patters using pre-determined polygons.
to develop their own uniquely colored and designed tessellation patters using pre-determined polygons.