Making Escher Tiles
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STEM ClubTiles and Tessellations
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A tessellation or tiling is a collection of two dimensional shapes that fit together with no overlaps and no gaps.
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Most tiles are made from polygons, but some are not…
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M.C.Escher was a Dutch graphic artist
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He is famous for creating amazing tessellations,
like these…
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Think you can’t do that?These designs were created by
Y8 and Y9 students…
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This design was created starting from a rectangle.
Can you see how?
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In fact, it’s really easy to create a real work of art!
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So, are you ready for a challenge?
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Can we transform this…
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into something like this?
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What will we need to do?
1. Learn how to make an unusual shape that will tessellate
2. Choose some designs that we will use to make tiles
3. Make tiles out of clay4. Paint our tiles5. Display them and admire our work
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Picture CreditsFlower Tiles by Svadilfari
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22280677@N07/2936079517/Used under Creative Commons Licence
Tile in entrance by tandemracer http://www.flickr.com/photos/tandemracer/53278220/
Used under Creative Commons Licence
A Night on the Tiles by SplodgusMaximus http://www.flickr.com/photos/splodge/1386922355/
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Escher Lizards by blmurchhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/1155311612/
Used under Creative Commons Licence
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Picture CreditsEscher Sidewalk by aprilandandy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprilandrandy/29654082/ Used under Creative Commons Licence
Escher Symmetry by Pieter Musterdhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/piet_musterd/141828189/
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Other photos by Lois LindemannAll licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England &
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Making Escher Tilesa slideshow by Lois Lindemann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-
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