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Article: TESSELLATIONS: How to Create Them.(Review)

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TESSELLATIONS: How to Create Them. Video/27 min./$29.95. Level: Grades 7-12. Crystal Productions, P.O. Box 2159, Glenview, IL 60025, (800) 255-8629.

A complex-looking art technique is made entirely understandable in this step-by-step video. A tessellation is a potentially endless repeating pattern, which fits together like puzzle pieces. Using his own examples, plus historic and student designs, artist Jim McNeill shows how to create three types of simple ...

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