Power Point Presentation Working with Pattern

Lesson 1: What is a motif?

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Lesson 1: What is a motif?

Part 1

A motif is a single image, shape or symbol

What is a motif?

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Lesson 2: What is a pattern?

Lesson 2: What is a pattern?

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Power Point Presentation Working with Pattern Part 2

What is a pattern?

Power Point Presentation Working with Pattern

Lesson 2: What is a pattern?

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Part 2

A pattern relies upon three things:

1 A motif 2 Repeating of the motif 3 How the repeats of the motif

are organised way as a pattern

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Repeats The motif is simply repeated over and over along horizontal and vertical lines

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Reflection

Reflection is where the original motif is reflected across a line or axis. This is the Line of Symmetry

This creates a symmetrical pattern

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Rotation

Rotation is where the original design is rotated around a single point

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Rotation through different angles

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Textile Art

120° Degrees

90° Degrees

60° Degrees 180° Degrees

Lesson 3:

What is a ‘half drop’?

Lesson 3: What is a ‘half drop’?

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Power Point Presentation Working with Pattern Part 3

What is a ‘half drop’?

Power Point Presentation Working with Pattern

Lesson 3: What is a ‘half drop’?

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Part 3

‘Half drop’ repeats

This is where every other line of motifs is staggered

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Lesson 4: William Morris’s patterns

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Power Point Presentation Working with Pattern Part 4

Diamond method

Here, the square or diamond shaped patterned lines were made up by using stems of flowers or leaves

(Indian Diaper (Morris,1875); a diaper is another word for a diamond shaped pattern)

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