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- 17 Wall Paper Symmetry Groups to Create a Regular Division of the Plane - Graphics.
web.inter.nl.net/hcc/Hans.Kuiper/17system.htm
- Alex Bateman's Origami - Tessellation images and software.
www.sanger.ac.uk/Users/agb/Origami/origami.html
- Artlandia SymmetryWorks - Adobe Illustrator plug-in that automates creation of surface designs and ornaments based on seventeen wallpaper groups. On-line purchase.
www.artlandia.com/SymmetryWorks
- Catalogue of Isohedral Tilings - From the article "One Corona is Enough for the Euclidean Plane" by Doris Schattschneider and Nikolai Dolbilin.
mathforum.org/dynamic/one-corona
- Chaos Tiles - This chaotic tiling consists of two equilateral pentagons, with angles (80, 160, 60, 140, 100) and (40, 200, 60, 100, 140). Sets are for sale.
www.mathpuzzle.com/chaotile.html
- Discrete Plane Symmetry Groups - Web text by Ana Kozomara.
www.mi.sanu.ac.yu/vismath/ana
- Escher Patterns - Compiled by Yoshiaki Araki.
www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/~aly/escher
- Escher Web Sketch - Java applet drawing repeated patterns with selected symmetry.
www-sphys.unil.ch/escher
- Frieze Patterns - Definitions and images.
www.ucs.mun.ca/~mathed/Geometry/Transformations/frieze.html
- Gallery of Symmetric Chaos - Includes: Symmetric icons and fractals; Quilts and planar repeating patterns; Colored wallpaper patterns.
nothung.math.uh.edu/~mike/ag/art.html
- Grotesque Geometry - Andrew Crompton's tiling and tessellation images.
www.cromp.com/tess/home.html
- Hans Kuiper - Hans Kuiper's work. Tessellations and optical art. Also tessellation software with the 17 wallpaper groups.
web.inter.nl.net/hcc/Hans.Kuiper
- Hop's Escher Tessellation Tiles - Escher-like tessellations.
www.tabletoptelephone.com/~hopspage/HopsTiles.html
- Hyperbolic Tessellations - Explanations and graphics.
aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/poincare/poincare.html
- Intriguing Tessellations - By Marjorie Rice. Pentagons that tile the plane: details and links.
members.aol.com/tessellations
- Investigating Patterns: Symmetry and Tessellations - Links to activities and other resources.
www.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm
- Java Kali - A program for drawing symmetrical patterns based on any of the 17 wallpaper groups, as well as several frieze and rosette groups.
www.geom.umn.edu/java/Kali
- Java Penrose Tiler - A Java applet for experimenting with kites and darts.
www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/1684/Penrose.html
- KaleidoTile - Software for Macintosh and SGI to create and manipulate tessellations of the sphere, Euclidean plane and hyperbolic plane, and to see how the Platonic solids are related to tessellations.
www.geom.umn.edu/software/download/KaleidoTile.html
- Landry Art - Art of Kenneth Landry. Tessellations, polyhedra and polyhedra decorated with tessellations.
www.landryart.com
- Mike Field - University of Houston. Graphics and resources in symmetry and tiling.
nothung.math.uh.edu/~mike
- Penrose Tiles - Links in the Geometry Junkyard.
www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/penrose.html
- Pentagons that Tile the Plane - Known solutions and a new recipe.
burtleburtle.net/bob/tile/pentagon.html
- Quasi-Periodic Tilings - Artist Eleni Mylonas uses tilings.
www.elenimylonas.com
- References about Tessellations - Compiled by Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College.
www.geom.umn.edu/software/tilings/TilingBibliography.html
- Samantha's Wallpaper Page - Wallpaper patterns and symmetry groups.
www.geocities.com/hbafscl
- Symmetries, Patterns and Tessellations - Constructed with Geometer's Sketchpad by Allan Bergmann Jensen.
home6.inet.tele.dk/bergmann
- Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets - Resources compiled by the Math Forum.
mathforum.org/geometry/rugs
- Symmetry and the Shape of Space - Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Arkansas. With interactive demos using Geometer's Sketchpad (requires Macintosh).
comp.uark.edu/~cgstraus
- Symmetry and the Shape of Space - With interactive demos using Geometer's Sketchpad (requires Macintosh).
comp.uark.edu/~cgstraus/symmetry.unit
- Symmetry in the Plane - Illustrations of the 17 wallpaper groups, with a guide to how to classify them.
www.ucs.mun.ca/~mathed/Geometry/Transformations/symmetry.html
- Symmetry in the Plane and Penrose Tiles - Colleen Robles' pages with animations.
www.math.ubc.ca/~robles
- TESS - Tessellation software. 11 rosette, all 7 frieze and all 17 wallpaper groups included.
www.peda.com/tess/Welcome.html
- Tessellated, Interlocking Concrete Pavers and Molds - Pictures of some concrete tilings.
www.geckostone.com/pavers.html
- Tessellating Wallpaper Patterns - Original tessellating desktop wallpaper tiles.
www.geocities.com/hbafscl/tess1.html
- Tessellation - Examples and links.
www.irwins.pvt.k12.pa.us/form_ula/tessellation/TessMain.html
- Tessellation and Photography - A study for the endless possibilities of tessellating the plane based on the work of Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.
members.home.nl/wouternimmo
- Tessellation Links - Compiled by Suzanne Alejandre for the Math Forum.
mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/links.html
- Tessellation Tutorials by Suzanne Alejandre - Tutorials and templates for making tessellations using ClarisWorks, the Geometer's Sketchpad, HyperCard, HyperStudio, and straightedge and compass, including step-by-step instructions for classroom activities.
mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html
- Tessellations - A company selling foam puzzles, many based on planar tessellations (tilings) and fractals.
www.tessellations.com
- Tessellations Using Geometer's Sketchpad - Description of a class project.
www.mste.uiuc.edu/courses/ci336kt/garrison/skpdindx.html
- Tessellations with Java - Examples and source code.
dimacs.rutgers.edu/~rkrane/tessell.html
- Tessellations: Technology and Culture - Examples and Java applets.
www.geocities.com/williamwchow/javagraf/javagraf.htm
- The 14 Different Types of Convex Pentagons that Tile the Plane - Graphics and references.
www.mathpuzzle.com/tilepent.html
- The Geometry Junkyard: Tilings - A collection of links.
www.ics.uci.edu/~eppstein/junkyard/tiling.html
- The Penrose Tiling at Miami University - A summary of the history behind the Penrose tiling in the math department at Miami university.
www.lib.muohio.edu/epub/tilings/doc.html
- The Seventeen Wallpaper Groups - Examples in traditional Japanese patterns.
mathmuse.sci.ibaraki.ac.jp/pattrn/PatternE.html
- Tiling Plain and Fancy - Tiling from the mathematical and historical viewpoint by Steve Edwards. Provides a number of examples of various types of tiles that tile the plane and includes periodic tiling plus Penrose's aperiodic tiles.
www2.spsu.edu/math/tile
- Tilings and Geometric Ornament - Applying principles of computer graphics to the creation of geometric ornament, as a continuation of the tradition of ornamental design using modern tools and algorithms.
www.cs.washington.edu/homes/csk/tile
- Tilings, Tessellations and Other Unusual Prints - Images and links by Peter Raedschelders.
home.planetinternet.be/~praedsch
- Totally Tessellated - An introduction to tessellations explaining the basic underlying mathematics, and with many examples from real life.
library.thinkquest.org/16661
- William's Geometric Construction Page - Activities to create patterns using simple resources, such as making equilateral triangle from a circle. Suitable for upper primary and lower secondary ages.
www.cyffredin.co.uk
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