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  • 17 Wall Paper Symmetry Groups to Create a Regular Division of the Plane: Graphics.
  • Artlandia SymmetryWorks: Adobe Illustrator plug-in that automates creation of surface designs and ornaments based on seventeen wallpaper groups. On-line purchase.
  • Catalogue of Isohedral Tilings: From the article "One Corona is Enough for the Euclidean Plane" by Doris Schattschneider and Nikolai Dolbilin.
  • 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.
  • Discrete Plane Symmetry Groups: Web text by Ana Kozomara.
  • Escher Patterns: Compiled by Yoshiaki Araki.
  • Escher Web Sketch: Java applet drawing repeated patterns with selected symmetry.
  • Frieze Patterns: Definitions and images.
  • Gallery of Symmetric Chaos: Includes: Symmetric icons and fractals; Quilts and planar repeating patterns; Colored wallpaper patterns.
  • Grotesque Geometry: Andrew Crompton's tiling and tessellation images.
  • Hans Kuiper: Hans Kuiper's work. Tessellations and optical art. Also tessellation software with the 17 wallpaper groups.
  • Hop's Escher Tessellation Tiles: Escher-like tessellations.
  • Hyperbolic Tessellations: Explanations and graphics.
  • Intriguing Tessellations: By Marjorie Rice. Pentagons that tile the plane: details and links.
  • Investigating Patterns: Symmetry and Tessellations: Links to activities and other resources.
  • Java Kali: A program for drawing symmetrical patterns based on any of the 17 wallpaper groups, as well as several frieze and rosette groups.
  • Java Penrose Tiler: A Java applet for experimenting with kites and darts.
  • 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.
  • Landry Art: Art of Kenneth Landry. Tessellations, polyhedra and polyhedra decorated with tessellations.
  • Mike Field: University of Houston. Graphics and resources in symmetry and tiling.
  • Penrose Tiles: Links in the Geometry Junkyard.
  • Pentagons that Tile the Plane: Known solutions and a new recipe.
  • Quasi-Periodic Tilings: Artist Eleni Mylonas uses tilings.
  • References about Tessellations: Compiled by Doris Schattschneider, Moravian College.
  • Samantha's Wallpaper Page: Wallpaper patterns and symmetry groups.
  • Squared Squares and Squared Rectangles: Tilings of Squared Squares and Squared Rectangles, constructed using javascript.
  • Symmetries, Patterns and Tessellations: Constructed with Geometer's Sketchpad by Allan Bergmann Jensen.
  • Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets: Resources compiled by the Math Forum.
  • Symmetry and the Shape of Space: Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Arkansas. With interactive demos using Geometer's Sketchpad (requires Macintosh).
  • Symmetry and the Shape of Space: With interactive demos using Geometer's Sketchpad (requires Macintosh).
  • TESS: Tessellation software. 11 rosette, all 7 frieze and all 17 wallpaper groups included.
  • Tessellated, Interlocking Concrete Pavers and Molds: Pictures of some concrete tilings.
  • Tessellating Wallpaper Patterns: Original tessellating desktop wallpaper tiles.
  • Tessellation and Photography: A study for the endless possibilities of tessellating the plane based on the work of Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.
  • Tessellation Links: Compiled by Suzanne Alejandre for the Math Forum.
  • 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.
  • Tessellations: A company selling foam puzzles, many based on planar tessellations (tilings) and fractals.
  • Tessellations Using Geometer's Sketchpad: Description of a class project.
  • Tessellations with Java: Examples and source code.
  • Tessellations: Technology and Culture: Examples and Java applets.
  • The 14 Different Types of Convex Pentagons that Tile the Plane: Graphics and references.
  • The Geometry Junkyard: Tilings: A collection of links.
  • The Penrose Tiling at Miami University: A summary of the history behind the Penrose tiling in the math department at Miami university.
  • The Seventeen Wallpaper Groups: Examples in traditional Japanese patterns.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Totally Tessellated: An introduction to tessellations explaining the basic underlying mathematics, and with many examples from real life.
  • Wallpaper Groups: Images and descriptions of the 17 plane symmetry groups.
  • 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.


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