I chose Hawaii, because I just can’t get enough of the cool breeze and the hot sun on my face, and the laughter of the public is so infective! I have ‘packed’ the necessary items for the imaginary activities I am going to do.
What is your dream vacation spot and why?
I have created a silhouette art featuring me, skydiving above high mountains and pristine lakes. I wanted to do a different pose, so why not make me look like I’m flying? I have also lessened the opacity of the background so you know that the silhouette is the star of the show, or in other words ‘contrast’.
Why do you think ‘the art of silouettes’ are so popular and look so good?
I have created tessellations that are regular, semi-irregular and irregular. Creating an irregular tessellation was most difficult for me because I didn’t know what shape to use and how I should connect it to other shapes to create a tessellation.
The difference between regular, semi-irregular and irregular tessellations is that they all have rules. Neither has to have a gap between the shapes.
Vocabulary:
Regular tessellations contain regular polygons(all sides are the same number and all vertices the same angle) that have exactly the same faces, vertices and size
Semi-irregular tessellations contain combinations of shapes that have their internal angles(vertices) add up to 360 degrees
Irregular tessellations contain irregular polygons(either all sides and vertices not equal, sides not equal, vertices not equal) that fit together perfectly like a puzzle
I have created a tessellation using 6-sided polygons – hexagons. I created the tessellation to look like a honeycomb or a bee’s hive.
Regular tessellations are patterns using polygons. You can only make regular tessellations with regular polygons because the internal angles(vertexes) of the polygon have to add up to 360.
For example, squares tessellate because one of their internal angles(which is 90 degrees) can multiply by 4 to make 360 degrees.
Vocabulary:
Tessellate: meaning to tile a surface/make pattern
Regular polygon: shape that has all sides the same length and all angles are the same measure(number) ex. square
Tessellations: filling a space with a repeating pattern of identical shapes
How do you think tessellations help in our everyday lives?
I have created a postcard for my mum of a camping scene. I would love to go camping again with my family, because I’m away from my devices and living outside temporarily sounds fun!
What is your dream holiday spot and why?