What is quadrilateral continuity?

quadrilateral continuity

A pattern that uses one or several decorative elements to form a basic unit, which is repeatedly arranged in four directions, up, down, left and right, in a certain space, and can be infinitely extended and continued is called quadrilateral continuity. When designing, we should pay attention to the connection and echo between unit areas, and pay attention to symmetry and coordination in layout.

The basic skeleton structures of quadrilateral continuity are: overlapping type, scattered type and continuous type.

overlapping pattern: overlapping pattern is a multi-level quadrilateral continuity formed by overlapping more than two different patterns. Overlapping has no fixed skeleton pattern, and its structure is free, so it has great play in the design. When designing, we should pay attention to the primary and secondary relationship between the "shading" on the bottom and the "floating" on the top.

scattered pattern: scattered pattern is a basic unit pattern composed of one or several decorative elements, which is scattered and regularly arranged in dots. The arrangement is scattered and the patterns are discontinuous.

stitching: stitching is a basic unit pattern composed of one or several decorative elements, which is connected or interspersed with geometric frames to form a continuous quadrilateral continuity. It is characterized by strong continuity, rigorous and substantial structure.

according to the arrangement of bones, the connected quadrilateral can be divided into diamond-shaped connection, corrugated connection, circular connection, step connection, strip connection and so on.