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Birds, Birds, Birds

 My tessellation is very unique; it’s not quite one of the three main types. In a way it’s both rotation and reflection. If you look closely at my intricate design of birds you may notice that each one reflects the one vertical to it. However, it’s a different kind of reflection, its mirror imaging. In addition, you may also notice that if you flip and rotate each bird a certain way it’ll match all the others. Despite my perplexing design there is a lot of geometry going on.  Tessellations are endlessly repeating patterns of interlocking shapes. In a simple form, you could say that tile floor is a tessellation. In fact, there are three types of tessellations: translation, rotation and reflection. My particular design is; in a way, two out of the three. Also, in tessellations there is usually some kind of symmetry. In my tessellation there is H symmetry. This basically means that the birds mirror each other.  The main theme of my bird design is reflection. Reflection is simply that each figure must reflect each other. When you begin a reflection you make a design on the bottom edge and another on the right. You then must cut the edges, and flip and slide them to the other side. You then must do the same on your grid when tracing your design. In my design I made them reflect with mirror imaging. This effect is similar to that of looking at a mirror. For example, when you lift your right arm it seems as though your left arm is being lifted.  If you look closely at my design there is some kind of rotation. In rotation the figures turn on an axis. To make a rotation you need to make a line from the top left corner to the bottom left corner. Then make a line from the bottom left corner to the top left. In the end you need to rotate them clockwise and tape. After you have done that you must trace the shape in a similar pattern. I personally, didn’t follow these rules exactly, but the outcome had similar properties.  To conclude, my tessellation of birds is a very unique one. There are some properties of rotation and reflection in my design. There is even H symmetry. It may take some looking, but you can notice that each bird is a mirror of the other. Also, if you flip and rotate the birds they would all match up. To summarize my particular tessellation is very unique and who knows what you’ll see!