STEM ClubTiles and Tessellations

A tessellation or tiling is a collection of two dimensional shapes that fit together with no overlaps and no gaps.

Most tiles are made from polygons, but some are not…

M.C.Escher was a Dutch graphic artist

He is famous for creating amazing tessellations,

like these…

Think you can’t do that?These designs were created by

Y8 and Y9 students…

This design was created starting from a rectangle.

Can you see how?

In fact, it’s really easy to create a real work of art!

So, are you ready for a challenge?

Can we transform this…

into something like this?

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

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/

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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/

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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 &

Wales License

Making Escher Tilesa slideshow by Lois Lindemann is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-

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