Making Escher Tiles

STEM Club Tiles 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?
Learn how to make an unusual shape that will tessellate
Choose some designs that we will use to make tiles
Make tiles out of clay
Paint our tiles
Display them and admire our work

Picture Credits
Flower 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/
A Night on the Tiles by SplodgusMaximus http://www.flickr.com/photos/splodge/1386922355/
Escher Lizards by blmurch
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/1155311612/

Picture Credits
Escher Sidewalk by aprilandandy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprilandrandy/29654082/
Escher Symmetry by Pieter Musterd
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piet_musterd/141828189/
Other photos by Lois Lindemann
All licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License
Making Escher Tiles
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Making Escher Tiles

by Lois Lindemann on Dec 02, 2009

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