Course Description
Summary
This course is an introduction to tessellation, also known as space filling, or packing. Through drawing exercises on various grids (which also happen to be tessellations) we will learn about edges and vertices, moving to regular, semi-regular, and edge tessellation among others, eventually proceeding from planar tiling to packing in three dimensions. Tessellation is a spatial strategy with a wide range of practical uses ranging from patternmaking, scaling, and modular construction to notching, attachment methods, and approximation. In addition to reading about the Timurid dynasty Topkap谋 pattern scroll, we will study more recent work by artists who use tessellation practically, and metaphorically (usually both), including Etel Adnan, Sanford Biggers, Claudia Comte, General Idea, Jeffrey Gibson, Marlene Bennett Jones, Emma Kunz, Martha Jane Pettway, Bridget Riley, Jordan Nassar, and Hamra Abbas.
