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Black Panther tessellation printed full front on a t shirt!

Panther Tessellation — Symétruc panthère

Posted on 2015-11-14 by Champagne Design

A challenge to help my Nephew understand the basic rules of tessellations for a math class. Wish I had been fortunate enough to get an opportunity like this when I was a teen. La leçon est en français à part de ça! Continue reading →

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28 tessellations up on Society6

Posted on 2015-09-09 by Champagne Design

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Received my cups from society6. Ever cool to see my designs printed on these coffee cups. Continue reading →

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Woodburning of the above tessellation Hummingbird tessellation in symmetry group P6, a second design, Champagne Design ©2014

Which symmetry group to use?

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

Deciding which symmetry group to use for a specific design can be hit and miss. And try again. You can narrow it down Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group Pm Explained

Symmetry Group Pm – alternating parallel mirrors

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

This symmetry group is the last one for me to tackle. It has been a year since I started tessellating again, since I found the KaleidoPaint iPad app. Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P6m Explained

Symmetry Group P6m — Perfect Snowflakes

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

It’s been a year last week, since I started drawing with the KaleidoPaint iPad app. I was avoiding this P6m symmetry group because of the tight space for drawing within and the abundance of mirrors. Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P4g Explained

Symmetry Group P4g

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

My first ever tessellation was accomplished using this P4g symmetry group. Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group Pg Explained

Symmetry Group Pg — For all Soccer Fans

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

This symmetry group uses two parallel glide reflections. The glides can be either vertical or horizontal. Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P4 Explained

Symmetry Group P4

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

I’ve already given you a foretaste of this P4 symmetry group with the cougar tessellation, and story, a few weeks ago. Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P2 Explained

Symmetry Group P2

Posted on 2015-06-10 by Champagne Design

There are only 17 methods to divide the two dimensional surface into true tessellations. These 17 rules were derived from the observation and study of crystallography, a long time ago.   Continue reading →

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Sharing Areas between tessellations, dual purpose space

Sharing areas within a tessellation — dual purpose space

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

It’s so nice to share with your friends! Sometimes when I am drawing, Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group P4m Explained

Symmetry Group P4m

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

This tessellation method uses 3 reflections in a 45/45/90 degree triangle.   Continue reading →

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Symmetry Group Pmg Explained

Symmetry Group Pmg

Posted on 2015-06-09 by Champagne Design

Are we ready for another creative brain gym session? These Pmg tessellations are built around one mirror, and two rotation points. There are also two indirectly implied glide reflections as a result mostly of the two way rotations. Continue reading →

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