The word tessellation comes from the Latin Tessella, which was a small Square stone or tile used in ancient Roman mosaics. Tiles and Mosaics are common synonyms for tessellations. A plane tessellation is a pattern made up of one or more shapes, completely covering a surface without any gaps or overlaps. |
Some shapes, or polygons, will tessellate and others will not. As for the regular polygons, tessellations can easily be created using squares, equilateral triangles and hexagons. I choose to use the equilateral triangle because of the unique visual arrangements it seems to lend itself to. It seems to both perplex and then amaze first the creator and then the viewer.
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| MC Escher, Pegasus |
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| MC Escher, Bulldog |
VOCABULARY FOR TESSELLATIONS
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this looks very cool
ReplyDeleteI have done this in 9th grade in algebra but i didn't try my best because i don't like to trying my best on drawing for a core class i only try in art class.
ReplyDeleteIt's awesome how people do this kind of things.
ReplyDeletei like the fact that MC USHER wasnt good in math but did something that math was in like art
ReplyDeletethis looks fun, but also seems like it expands but at the same time limits your creativity
ReplyDeleteArt like this is so interesting! I really wonder how the artist gets ideas like this.-samantha batt
ReplyDeleteive always been a fan
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