Pete's Blog

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....

Luca Pacioli and mathematical type design

We've been taking typography classes at our nearby community college. Type design necessarily consists of line and curve, but some type faces such as Futura are explicitly geometric. When movable...

Luca Pacioli and mathematical type design

We've been taking typography classes at our nearby community college. Type design necessarily consists of line and curve, but some type faces such as Futura are explicitly geometric. When movable...