Event Details
Computer Graphics and Geometric Ornamental Design
Presenter: Craig S. Kaplan - University of Washington - Faculty Applicant
Supervisor: Dr. R. Nigel Horspool, Chair, Department of Computer Science
Date: Thu, March 7, 2002
Time: 13:30:00 - 14:30:00
Place: Engineering Office Wing Building (EOW), Room # 430
ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT:
Throughout history, geometric patterns have formed an important part of art and ornamental design. Today, the computer is ideally suited to the development and exploration of patterns, offering easy navigation through collections of designs and automated satisfaction of complex geometric constraints. Moreover, computer-aided manufacturing allows synthetic designs to be realized as real-world artifacts.
In this talk, I present some of my research in the area of computer-generated geometric art and ornament. I focus on two projects in particular. Escherization is an algorithm for creating novel Escher-like tesselations of the plane from arbitrary user-supplied shapes. Taprats is a system for constructing traditional Islamic star patterns, adapting those patterns to the modern world of non-Euclidean geometry. I discuss these projects in detail, and suggest directions for future work in this area.