How to Tessellate small scrolls

[Barry Lee Hands]

I posted this on the Lindsay forum, and Steve suggested I put it up here also, here it is:

This is an application of "Inductive Layout". An ancient method of laying out scrolls I rediscovered while traveling the middle east and southern europe.
It utilizes a repeating frame, a hexagon, a " Tessellation"...
I hope it expands your ideas of how to fill an area.


1. First we lay out a hexagonal pattern to fill most of the space.
2. Next we draw in the ovals to size the scrolls, using the hexagon as a frame.
3. Then we draw in the scrolls, hanging them on the frame.
4. Then we cut the scrolls.
5.Then we finish shading them.

" Hang it higher, up there, higher, that would be the hippest"- Jerry Garcia



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[cloutier]

AWESOME......Thanks for this post I cant wait to experiment with this




Ronald Cloutier

 

[BrianPowley]

Love it...especially the layout phase.
...and no background to remove.

 

[richard hall]

Wow !!! What else have we overlooked or forgot over the last couple thousand years. Thanks for sharing..

 

[silverchip]

Great inspiration and concept.

 

[KSnyder]

I guess drawing it would be the easy part???????????????? ha, ha, ha. roflmao.
Just exquiste cutting Barry!!!!!!!
thanks for showing.

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

I am glad you like it.

 

[Titian]

 

[take-down]

Hi That is a very interesting concept, Got me to thinking. I wonder if different craftsmen had their own set of patterns that they set out their work with
I have often looked at eastern & asian wraught iron work & wondered how they set out the design perhaps it was this way. Thinking a bit more I played around on Autocad
And came up with these just for fun

Cheers Graham

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

There you go

 

[Dave London]

Thanks Barry
Very informative as usual, needless to say beautiful work.
Also congratulations as the new FEGA president

 

[truehand]

Excellent post, as usual Barry. .. and congrats on your new position as FEGA presidente!

speaking of tessellations.. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/origami-masks-and-tessellations/

 

[billrice@charter.net]

Barry This is great information. I had to go and figure out how to draw a Hexagon
Here is a You Tube for anyone that is old like me and cannot remember how to do this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFd8J9NVfFg

 

[monk]

barry: i tried your concept using triangles. pretty neat stuff to work with.

 

[eastslope]

Is there any chance this could be put in the tips and tricks section? This is a good post and thanks Barry.

 

[Tira]

A copy has been moved to the Tips section.

 

[rod]

This is great stuff, as all here agreed, Mr President,

Congratulations, Barry, by the way!

Just a reminder for those who did not attend Barry's intriguing and useful seminar at last year's Reno show, get the DVD of the lecture from FEGA, and see him work with Tessellation principles this time applied to his trade mark three element leaf designs and placements.

best

Rod

 

[take-down]

Just thought this may be of use can be rezied to suit your need if you want to use it

Cheers Graham

 

[Barry Lee Hands]

good stuff guys and gals, thanks.

 

[rod]

Thanks, Graham!

For doing the leg work on this honeycomb grid, should be fun to print out and have a go at few ideas. A 'live trace' in Illustrator worked in a second and scaling is crisp. No excuses now not to have a go!

best

Rod