Tessellation's 4 Dummies

THE BLOB

Steps

• make a regular rectangle with 1 1/2" by 1"
• distort 1 side and slide it strait over the other side
• Do the same to the top and the bottom
• cut out the shape and make sure it tessalates

The Wheel

Steps

• Create an equilateral triangle
• Warp all sides exactly the same
• leave one point the same
• Set the point as the center
• rotate the triangle 6 times

THE BUTTERFLY FISH

Reflection

• Start with a parallelogram
• warp top of parallelogram
• reflect to the bottom
• cut out tail of fish then move it to the front to reflect

Shapes?

• Parralellagrams
• triangle

Types of Tesselations?

• Translation
• Rotation
• Reflection