Tessellation Tutorial p1 of 2

Page One of Two. (Page Two is here [link] )

This is a quick tutorial for just one of many starter-shapes (rectangles) and one of many ways to arrange tiles (there are 17 ways, in combinations of flips, slides, friezes, and so on).

When choosing a theme for your tessellation, choose a thing, animal or plant that is both flexible and exotic, such as fish, birds, unusual clothing, and insects. If you choose something unposable, well-known, and which normally is seen in only one shape (such as a camera, toaster, or bicycle), then your ability to tweak its outline is severely restricted.

To do this lesson, you will need two sheets of tracing paper, a colored pencil, a normal pencil, an eraser, a straightedge, and a medium-wide black felt-tip marker.