How Pattern Works – Course Content
In How Pattern Works, I use Lisbon tiles as a teaching tool to give you hands-on experience of how a single tile unit can create multiple patterns.
Each step follows in sequence, and you’ll need approximately an hour to explore each one, but as this is a self-paced course, you can choose when to do each step.
Click on the course images to get to each step:
Introduction – Why Pattern Makes Us Feel Good
A short read about how a trip to Lisbon helped me think about pattern in a whole new way.
Content:
PDF booklet
Time:
Activity: 5 minute read
STEP 1 – Make Tile Cards
To explore patterns, you’ll need to print or create your own set of Lisbon tile cards.
Content:
Step-by-step Video
Printable download
Materials:
If you have a printer, you’ll need heavy card to print on or stick paper to
If you don’t have a printer, you’ll need some basic crafting materials.
Time:
Video: 7 minutes
Activity: 20 – 90 mins
STEP 2 – Pattern Layouts
Use your tile cards to explore how different layouts create multiple patterns.
Content:
Demonstration Video
PDF Workbook
Materials:
Tile cards
Time:
Video: 6 minutes
Activity: 60 mins
STEP 3 – Allover Patterns
Discover the magic trick for designing a single tile element that combines to make a larger allover pattern.
Content:
Demonstration Video
PDF download
Materials:
paper, ruler, pencil, pen, scissors, and tape.
Time:
Video: 6.5 minutes
Activity: 45 minutes
STEP 4 – Print & Play
Keep exploring tiled patterns, as you play with 9 different tile cards.
Content:
2 x Printable downloads
Materials:
Printer
Time:
Activity: no specific timing