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FINAL TESSELLATION PROJECT--"FRIENDLY BIRDS"
Step 1: I started with a manila folder, which is what the stencil is made out of. I had a ruler, a pair of scissors, and tape to complete this.
Step 2: To start, I measured and cut out a 4'' X 4'' square. At this point, I didn't have an idea of what I wanted my design to look like, and so I just cut out two random shapes.
Step 3: I cut out a rhombus on the bottom middle of the square, and taped it to the top middle of the square.
Step 4: On the left side, I cut out a triangle, and taped it to the right; inside of the square.
Step 5: After I had two rhombuses, and two triangles, I saw a bird in the design. I decided to connect lines to all of the shapes, creating a rhombus inside of the square.
(I didn't realize that with having the shapes taped on the inside I would be tessellating squares. The rhombus on the top turned into a "keyhole" and turned into the bottom tail feather of the bird above it. The rhombus would be on the outside of the square, but when it was tessellated, it became on the inside of the other square.)
The theme of my tessellation are "kissing" birds. These birds are rhombuses within squares connected to one another by their "tail feathers."
To create this design, I used three different shapes: rhombuses, triangles, and squares.
In class, we have been observing the idea of whether or not math is art. In my opinion, tessellations include aspects that are more math than art. I think it really is a matter of opinion; you can either think that tessellations are using math to create art or using art to create math. Personally, I believe that art is more free, thus tessellations use math as a basis to create art. Meaning that when creating a tessellation, math is used to create art, resulting in tessellations including more math ideas.