Welcome to the Patterns, Designs and Symmetry Homepage for Diane La Franca
The following set of images
were created by Diane La Franca in the
Patterns, Designs and Symmetries class given in the Departments of
Art and Mathematics by Professor Mike Field (Mathematics).
Symmetric Icons
The first image is an example of a Symmetric Icon with 3-fold reflectional symmetry.
Click on the image to enlarge.
Next an example of an icon with 3-fold rotational symmetry.
An example of an icon with 3-fold rotational symmetry.
Symmetric Fractals
An example of a symmetric fractal with 4-fold refectional symmetry.
An example of a symmetric fractal with 5-fold refectional symmetry.
An example of a symmetric fractal with 3-fold refectional symmetry.
Square Quilt designs
Two examples of square quilts of type p4.
A square quilt of type p4m.
Two square quilt designs of type p4g.
Hexagonal Quilt designs
A hexagonal quilt of type p3.
Two hexagonal quilt designs of type p31m.
More quilt designs
A quilt of type pgg.
A quilt of type pmg.
A quilt of type cm.
Please note that all images shown on this web page are © Diane La Franca
and may not be reproduced without her
written permission.
For more images and information, see
Mike Field's web page.
For information on the Art Department courses, see the
UH Department of Art web page.
e-mail: mf@uh.edu
Professor Mike Field
Department of Mathematics
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-3476
