Tessellation

What is a tessellation?

A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps.

Another word for a tessellation is a tiling.

Below are some link that are associated with tessellation. Check them out!

Tessellations.org is a good place to begin. It's elementary and offers good basic advice for creating tessellations.

M. C. Escher is an artist of great imagination. The official M.C. Escher website will offer inspiration!

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Enter a tessellation contest here. This would be a really cool thing to do.

You can even wear tessellations. If you think about it, the patterns on many ties is nothing more than a tessellation. Click here to check out some M.C. Escher tessellations on clothing.

Look around, there are tessellations everywhere!