Tessellations + Mandalas

Essential Questions

- How do symmetry and repetition make things beautiful?

- How can math help me improve my art skills?

- How does abstraction help convey emotion?

- How does your tessellation or Mandala relate to your community?

Steps

1- Bring expert in.

2 - Read the Geometric Art Project Description.

3 - Watch and take notes on videos below.

4 - Get Critique on Geometric art.

5 - Make Construction by hand.

6 - Take Quizzes.

- Constructions Quiz.

- Geometric Transformation Quiz.

- Triangles and Pythagorean Theorem Quiz.

Process of Mandala

5th Period Jasmine Salgado

1st Period Tramel Conners

Here is an example from a school Chris worked with in China:

Geometric Islamic Art

More in-depth Mandalas

Vitruvian Man

Geometry of the Alhambra

MC Escher Tessellations

How to make MC Escher Tessellations

Basic Tessellations

Fractals

ViHart fold symmetry

Challenge Tessellations: