Tile Design

Tile Design Project

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It was originally an accurate scale- the image was 3” x 6” you may need to adjust to print it at this correct scale.

 

For the tile design you will only need to use half of the printed pattern.  It makes no difference which side you use as long as it is 3” x 3”.  This will be the size of your original tile.  You may choose any elements in the tile pattern- as many or as few as you choose.  These must be elements that can be inked - so you may not chose a line as an element.  The element has to have dimension. Here is an example

Once you have decided on your 3” x 3” tile design, use it to create a 12” x 12” tile composition.  This composition will consist of a total of 16  3”x3” tiles.  Using only your original 3” x 3” tile you may do any of the following:

• No change, just repeat the tile.
• Rotate the tile 90 degrees
• Mirror image the tile
• Figure ground reverse the tile

 

Once you have completed the draft of the design for this tile composition it will be inked.

Submit a photograph or scan of your 12” x 12” tile design to canvas.