How to Make Repeat Patterns
A Guide for Designers, Architects and Artists
$62.83
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2018
Summary
This book explains, in simple steps and non-mathematical terminology, how to create repeat patterns in a line, on the plane, as tiles and as Escher-like repeats. The book also shows how to make ‘wallpaper repeats’, where the elements of the pattern merge into each other, apparently seamlessly.
Using letters as the basic elements, the book demonstrates how all repeat pattern-making comes out of four simple operations: translation, rotation, reflection and glide reflection. It will prov…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781786271297 |
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| ISBN-10: | 178627129X |
| Author: | Paul Jackson |
| Publisher: | Laurence King Publishing |
| Imprint: | Laurence King Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2018 |
| Weight: | 534g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 220mm x 42mm |
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“a highly accessible guide to making repeat patterns that encourages playfulness, adaptation, experimentation and vital rule-breaking”.
“a highly accessible guide to making repeat patterns that encourages playfulness, adaptation, experimentation and vital rule-breaking”. – Eye
About The Author
Paul Jackson
Paul Jackson is the author of more than 30 books on paper arts and crafts. He has taught the techniques of folding on over 150 university-level design courses in the UK, Germany, Belgium, the US, Canada and Israel, and has been a ‘folding consultant’ for such companies as Nike and Siemens.
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