ALL ABOUT TESSELLATIONS
What is a tessellation?
Self-test: tessellation or not?
Tessellations are All Around Us
The Historical Beginnings
M. C. Escher
About Escher
A Gallery of Escher's Art 1
A Gallery of Escher's Art 2
A Gallery of Escher's Art 3
Easy Geometry for Tessellation
Escher style, or Abstract?
Periodic or not?
Types of Symmetry
Introduction
Translation (Slide)
Reflection (Flip)
Glide + Reflect (Slide + Flip)
Rotation (Spin, Turn)
Resize (Inflation, Dilation, Scaling)
The Heesch System
MAKE YOUR OWN
How to Make A Tessellation
Papercut Method
Tracing Paper: Translation (Slide)
Tracing Paper: Rotation (Spin)
Line Method 1 (Triangle Spin)
Line Method 2 (Square Spin)
Line & Flipping Method
Slice Method 1
Slice Method 2
Gap Method 1
Gap Method 2
Multi-Tile Method
Circle Method
How to Make a 3D Tess
Octahedron with your Tessellation
Dodecahedron Clown Pattern
Video Lessons
Send us your art
Good enough to show here?
Easy, Fun Themes
More Hints for Beginners
Coloring In a Drawing
How to Make an Asian Chop (stone stamp)
How to Make a Rubber Stamp
REVIEWS
Software
An Overview
!NEW! 12/2013: Flexify 2
Kali for Windows
Shodor.org
SymmetryWorks
Tess
Tessella
Tesselmania
!NEW! 12/2013: Tesselmaniac
Books
Magic Mirror Coloring Book
Tessellations (introductory, for kids)
Parcelles d'Infini (in French)
Designing Tessellations
Visions of Symmetry
2D ART
By School Grades 1-6
Oakgrove Primary, Glasgow Scotland
Villa Montessori, AZ
2014 Field ES, Illinois
2013 Hawthorne ES, Illinois
Zaneis ES, Wilson, OK 2013
Lone Tree, Colorado
2013 Batari School, Indonesia Part 2
2013 Batari School, Indonesia Part 1
2012 Hawthorne ES, Illinois
Zaneis ES, Wilson, OK 2012
Honey ES, Lubbock, Texas
2011 Hawthorne ES, Illinois
John Barry ES, Illinois
Riverview ES, Arizona
Saint Ignacius Loyola, Pennsylvania
Geneva City, New York State
DECTC
By School Grades 7-9
Coosa MS, Rome, Georgia
2012 J R Masterman, Pennsylvania
2011 J R Masterman, Pennsylvania
North Corbin Jr HS, Louisiana
Clearwater Middle Sch, Minnesota
Lizzie M Burges, Seguin, Texas
The Make-A-Fish Foundation
By Webmaster Seth
People, Faces, & Heads
Things with Wings
Furry Animals
Fish
Reptiles
Letters & Other Non-Living Things
Non-Tessellation Escher-style Art
By Webmaster Dr. David
Cats & Dogs
Water Animals
Things
People, Heads, & Faces
Flying Animals
Other Land Animals
Non-Tessellation Art
Tessellation Animations & Videos
By M. C. Escher
About Escher
Escher's Art 1
Escher's Art 2
Escher's Art 3
Art by Solo Artists
Guest Artists' Gallery 4
Guest Artists' Gallery 3
Guest Artists' Gallery 2
Guest Artists' Gallery 1
Mr. Hop David
Mr. Bruce Bilney
Mr. Claudio Ramirez
Rossi's Graffiti
Tessellations from Real Materials
3D ART
Seth's 3D Stuff
3D Tessellations by Various Artists
The Make-A-Fish Foundation
3D from El Mirage, AZ
How to Make a 3D Tess
Dodecahedron Seahorse Pattern
Dodecahedron Clown Pattern
Octahedron with your Tessellation
Octahedron Turtle Pattern
Octahedron Goldfish Pattern
Cube Clown Pattern
OTHER
Ambigram Art
Trick Perspective
How to Make an Asian Chop (stone stamp)
How to Make a Rubber Stamp
Scuba Maps
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Symmetry Art by Dr. David Annal: Nice but not true tessellations
Click on any sample to see the full picture it came from
Broccoli & Cauliflower
Susie twirl
Desert Pavement Susie
Alligator Swamp
