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nPosted on June 17, 2019
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nTessellations are one of my favorite math things.
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nAnd art things.
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| Artist M. C. Escher is considered a master of tessellations. Actually, that’s why June 17 was chosen as World Tessellation Day; today is Escher’s birthday! (See “Also on this date” below.) |
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nAnd tile things.
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| Zellige terracotta tiles in Marrakech |
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nTessellations are arrangements of shapes that fit together in a repeated pattern, with no gaps between shapes, and with no overlapping.
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nTessellations can even be seen in nature (although they tend to be a bit imperfect).
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| Honeycomb is made of repeated hexagons |
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| Snake scales |
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| The top of basalt columns – imperfect hexagons – that make up California’s Devil’s Postpile |
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nWorld Tessellation Day was created by author / illustrator Emily Grosvenor. Check out her website.
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nThe Exploratorium offers tessellation exploration here.
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nAnd there are lots of other tessellation projects offered online, such as this Wikki Stix offering.
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nCheck out this earlier post.
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nTessellations can apparently be non-Euclidean…three-dimensional…or fractal!
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nAlso on this date:
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nIceland’s National Day
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Artist M. C. Escher’s birthday
Artist M. C. Escher’s birthday
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nStewart’s Root Beer Day
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nAnniversary of the “discovery” of muskoxen
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nBunker Hill Day
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nWorld Day to Combat Desertification
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nFather’s Day in Guatemala and El Salvador
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nNational Garbage Man Day
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nPlan ahead:
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