2. Tessellating
Sessions |
Two
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Focus |
To create tessellations
To use different methods of tessellating. Use of colour and shapes to create pattern. To recognize and appreciate the work of other artist and students |
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Material |
Thin cardboard, several
colours.
Poster paint and brushes scissors Black felt-tip pen |
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Resources |
Books: Art Ideas, Webs: Tessellations Tessellations and Telecommunications |
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The word "Tessera" in Latin means a small stone cube. They were used to make mosaics in Roman Buildings Now, it is used to refer to pictures or tiles, mostly in form of animals or life forms, which covers the surface in a symmetrical way without overlapping or leaving gaps. Tessellations must be based on a shape. Parallelograms can be tessellated. Students have to realize that every part needed to make up the full picture is contained in the shape chosen. All you need is to repeat them. There are 4 kind of methods, line, slice, gaps and multi method. See works from different methods and explain that they are going to work with slice method Escher can be regarded as a father of modern Tessellations. He is famous for his impossible depiction. |
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Sketchbook |
To record the observations. Stick the step by step pieces from the methods. |
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Doing |
Activity 1: To recognize the methods to use, I'll bring the strips of the 2 step by step tessellations to order and glue in the sketchbook. Activity 2: 1 - Cut a corner off at a square of thin cardboard of about 4cm.Then,
tape the triangle along the top edge of the square.
Activity 3:
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Developing the idea |
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Vocabulary and language |
Symmetric
Pattern Felt-tip pens Cardboard Slice Tessellating Stencil |
Geometric vocabulary:
Edge, corner, top, bottom, middle Figurative and abstract images. Shapes: Square, triangle, curve Composition: arrangement, balance, proportion, |
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Assessment |
- To assess understanding, give the students de writing steps and pictures order steps from activity 2 to mach them. You only need to rub the numbers. They can be glued in the sketchbook. - Review the children work as it progresses. - What they want to show in their work? - Identify what may change in their work for future task?
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