Real materials 19:
Tessellation done outdoors with chalk

This tessellation in chalk is by artist/art teacher Negina Kolesar.

Click here (1, 2, 3) to see more photos of this chalk art.

Click here to see more photos from the chalk art festival where Ms. Kolesar's tessellation appeared. Some of it's pretty amazing!

Negina writes,

"The Round Rock Area Art Council in collaboration with Children At Heart Ministries led an art and music festival in Round Rock, TX on October 8 & 9. I participated as an artist in the first ever Chalk Walk portion of the event. I started with an equilateral triangle and used the slice method to create a template, which I then traced to create my chalk tessellation. I prefer using a triangle to a square or rectangle because of the way it creates a rounded pattern instead of a grid. I also made sure to extend a few of the shapes beyond the main bulk to draw attention to the individual pattern.

"It was competitive[...] There really was some amazing talent out there. If you look back to the pics, first place was awarded to the drawing of two little black girls. Second place went to the ball, glove, hat pic. And third place accidentally went to the American Gothic with Captain Jack Sparrow (since Jack's artist was an organizer), thus the prize was passed along to the 4th place winner of the woman removing her mask."

-- Seth B., 2011.01.03