Interactive Activities
Tessellation Examples
What is Tessellation?
WALT: Today you will demonstrate your understanding of tessellation. You will show this understanding by creating a piece of art work that demonstrates tessellation.
EXPLORING TESSELLATIONS Background: What is a tessellation? A tessellation is any pattern made of repeating shapes that covers a surface completely without overlapping or leaving any gaps. A checker board is a tessellation made of squares. The squares meet edge to edge with no gaps and no overlapping areas. The pattern of bricks on a wall is a tessellation made of rectangles. Over 2,200 years ago, ancient Greeks were decorating their homes with tessellations, making elaborate mosaics from tiny, square tiles. Early Persian and Islamic artists also created spectacular tessellating designs. More recently, the Dutch artist M. C. Escher used tessellation to create enchanting patterns of interlocking creatures, such as birds and fish. Making tessellations combines the creativity of an art project with the challenge of solving a puzzle.
Tessellation art made easy
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