A tessellation is a design of repeating shapes that fit together without gaps or overlaps.
Shapes that tessellate easily include:
- triangles (three sided)
- quadrilaterals (four sided)
- parallelograms (opposite sides parallel - and congruent)
This link from DIY Tessellations is very helpful for helping you think about how to make your own tessellation.
M. C. Escher is likely the best known artist who used tessellations. Check out this link with some of his tessellations:Here is a link of "wallpaper patterns" that Escher used as inspiration
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