Rotational Hex Designs
Rotational Hex Designs
were first created by the
Pennsylvania Dutch
farmers.
They created Hex
Designs for good luck
and hung them on the
outside of their barns.
Rotational Hex Designs
The word “Hex” means
bad luck or a curse!
When farmers hung
“Hex Designs” they
were trying to protect
their farms from curses!
In art, the word “Hex”
means “six”. Like a six
sided hexagon shape
In fact, many Hex Designs
have six sections.
Rotational Hex Designs
The words “Rotational
Symmetry” mean that
something goes around
and around in a circle
and stays the same.
In Hex Designs, the
design keeps repeating
around and around.
That is why this project is
“Rotational Hex Design”
Rotational Hex Designs
How to make a Hex Design:
1. Trace a large circle on your paper.
2. Whereever you see a green line,
make a dot on your paper.
3. Connect the dots through the
center of your circle. You will
make 6 sections. (6… like “hex!)
4. In each section use your shape
tracers to make a design… if you
do it in one section, all the other
sections have to match. That is
called “Rotational Symmetry”.
5. Trace your design with Sharpie
and color it in with markers.