MTA 124: Student Tessellations
These are scans of past student tessellation projects. All of these
tessellations received A grades.
p1 Symmetry
This was very large, and done on a piece of posterboard. The bird
shape is simple but effective. Alternating light and dark blue brought
out the shape somewhat.
p1 Symmetry
This was beautifully done in ink on artists paper, was larger than shown
here, and had no trace of layout or sketch lines. I liked the interesting
changes in coloring of the guitars. The skill of execution made up for the
fact that this is not a tessellation
in the sense of shapes fitting together - the guitars overlap each other.
p1 Symmetry
This is a p1 tessellation that was divided into two shapes. Certainly artistic
skill helps this picture. Good coloring, decent paper. Although the
artist got tired and only filled part of the sheet, a nice border (not shown)
made the piece look more finished.
pg Symmetry
The pg symmetry and interlocking shapes made this a technically challenging
tessellation. The graph paper was mounted on a piece of posterboard for
strength.
pg Symmetry
This is a good pattern. The artist showed plenty of eagles (more than twice as
much as shown) to make the repetition clear.
Cleaning up some of the pencil layout lines would have
improved this. Again, graph paper solidly mounted on posterboard.
pg Symmetry
Cool angry rhino pattern. The rhinos were fairly small, so the artist needed
quite a few (more than shown) to fill the page of graph paper. It would
have been easier to make a larger rhino and use less of them.
p4g Symmetry
Based off Escher's favorite pentagon tessellation, this would have been
good even without the artist's talents. The eyes were cut out
separately and glued onto each moose. Done on paper securely glued to
posterboard and then cut out along the edge for a finished look.
p4g Symmetry
This has the same underlying geometry as the moose. Not exactly a tessellation
since the butterflies do not fit together. However, it was beautifully done,
and had a challenging geometry. It was larger than shown, and glued to a piece
of black cardstock for a good looking border.