1. Powerful & Personal Symbol Designs

2. What is POWER? THREE DEFINITIONS… Being able to doing something
Great ability; strength; might; force
Control over others; influence

3. How can you use your POWER in Art Class?
Being able to create something original
Great ability; expressing yourself
Affecting people with your art

4. RADIAL SYMMETRY DESIGN
We are going to create a
POWERFUL & PERSONAL
RADIAL SYMMETRY DESIGN
What is a symbol?
What symbols have personal meaning to you?
How would you design your own symbols?
Let’s look at some symbols…

5. SYMBOL DEFINITION PERSONAL SYMBOL
A letter, picture, object, etc… that represents something else
PERSONAL SYMBOL
A letter, picture, object, etc… that communicates something about you

6. SYMBOLS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
What ideas or meanings do these symbols communicate or represent?

7. Mayan Symbols

8. Aztec Symbols

9. N.A.S.A Symbols for Planets

10. # 1st Row Latin Cross, Star of David, Omkar (Aum)
# 2nd Row Star and crescent, Cross pattée, Yin-yang
# 3rd Row Khanda (Sikh), Ayyavazhi (Hindu), Triple Goddess (Pagan)

11. Radial Symmetry is seen in NATURE and MAN-MADE objects…let’s investigate some examples.

12. Radial symmetry is often found in nature.
Radial Symmetry is a design format that radiates from the center. Designs with radial symmetry usually form a circle.
Radial symmetry is often found in nature.

13. The Sun Stone in Mexico

14. Microscopic Diatoms are a type of phytoplankton

15. Flowers and Manmade objects have radial symmetry

16. Radial Symmetry organizes the colors and shapes in this window.
Rose Window, Notre Dame Cathedral, France

17. A Sand Mandala in Tibet = Radial Symmetry
A Mandala is a map of the cosmos or earth, stars and planets.

18. Blending: Combining two or more colors to make a new color.

19. Gradation: The gradual change of a color from light to dark, or dark to light.

20. Dots & Dashes: A mark making technique that is good for making visual texture.