Looking at Learning ... Again, Part 2

Part 2 — Defining a Pattern

• Using the images below and the following pattern words, try to expand your definition of a pattern.

The following pattern words might help you to expand your definition:

• spiral: coiling around a center
• radial: spreading straight out from a center point
• symmetrical: identical shapes on either side of a line or around a central point
• motif: a shape repeated again and again to make a pattern
• concentric: shapes having the same center
• branching: sections of the pattern get smaller as they come from a central structure

These operations can be applied to a design element to produce a pattern:

• slide: translation to another location
• flipped: mirror image
• turn: a rotation about a point inside or outside of the original design element

Share your updated definitions and comments on the discussion board.