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Here be Dragons!
Whenever we are showing at art and craft fairs, people of all ages love playing with the Koch tilings. I think the appeal is that like many fractals, they evoke...
Here be Dragons!
Whenever we are showing at art and craft fairs, people of all ages love playing with the Koch tilings. I think the appeal is that like many fractals, they evoke...
Solving a Penrose P1 puzzle
The Penrose tilings, P1, P2, and P3 have many different solutions. It could be different every time, although you are likely to see strong similarities in the patterns. Chet and...
Solving a Penrose P1 puzzle
The Penrose tilings, P1, P2, and P3 have many different solutions. It could be different every time, although you are likely to see strong similarities in the patterns. Chet and...
Tesselating Twin Dragons
After creating the Dragon tiles, we decided it would be fun tessellating with Twin Dragon fractals. Twin dragons have much more frilly edges. An individual twin dragon clearly shows self-similarity. Note the...
Tesselating Twin Dragons
After creating the Dragon tiles, we decided it would be fun tessellating with Twin Dragon fractals. Twin dragons have much more frilly edges. An individual twin dragon clearly shows self-similarity. Note the...
Fractal Penrose tiles
Every distinct set of tiles has certain features, and we are always interested in those that introduce something new or combine features in a new way. Dylan Thurston, who helped...
Fractal Penrose tiles
Every distinct set of tiles has certain features, and we are always interested in those that introduce something new or combine features in a new way. Dylan Thurston, who helped...
Parallelograms and Tetriamonds
One of the kits I used in the classroom was a set of parallelograms. We had a few kits left over, and when we sold them, we decided at the...
Parallelograms and Tetriamonds
One of the kits I used in the classroom was a set of parallelograms. We had a few kits left over, and when we sold them, we decided at the...
Nessie, the sea serpent tile
These abstract, fluid shapes first made us think of water and waves: After we chose the colors, our son-in-law suggested it looked like a sea serpent. So we named this shape Nessie....
Nessie, the sea serpent tile
These abstract, fluid shapes first made us think of water and waves: After we chose the colors, our son-in-law suggested it looked like a sea serpent. So we named this shape Nessie....