![]() ![]() This is because many Muslims believe that the creation of living forms is solely God’s doing. Religious Islamic art is typically characterized by the absence of figures and other living beings. Perhaps the most celebrated style of tessellations can be found in Islamic art and architecture. While the Sumerians of 5th and 6th BCE used tiles to decorate their homes and temples, other civilizations around the world adapted tessellations to fit their culture and traditions the Egyptians, Persians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Japanese, Chinese, and the Moors all embraced repeating patterns in their decorative arts. Tessellations in Ancient Islamic Art and ArchitectureĬeramic tile tessellations in Marrakech, Morocco (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 3.0)) Now that we’ve covered the basic math of tessellations, read on to learn about how they were used throughout history. Each vertex is surrounded by the same polygons arranged in the same recurring order. Semi-regular tessellations occur when two or more types of regular polygons are arranged in a way that every vertex point is identical. A checkerboard is the simplest example of this: It comprises square tiles in two contrasting colors (usually black and white) that could repeat forever. Regular periodic tiling involves creating a repeating pattern from polygonal shapes, each one meeting vertex to vertex (the point of intersection of three or more bordering tiles). The most common configurations are regular tessellations and semi-regular tessellations. There are many types of tessellations, all of which can be classified as those that repeat, are non-periodic, quasi-periodic, and those that are fractals. TESSELLATION EXAMPLES FREEThis activity was inspired by the teaching resources: Exploring Tessellations, by the Exploratorium and Islamic Art and Geometric Design, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.ĭownload a free Homes Handbook for further learning in the third app from the Explorer’s Library, Homes.An example of semi-regular tessellation (Photo: Wikimedia Commons, (CC BY-SA 3.0)) ![]() Share your kids’ creations and discoveries on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram and use the hashtag #tinybop - we love seeing what you’re up to. Do the same shapes come together at every point?Įxtra credit question: do the interior angles of the shapes add up to 360 degrees at each point? Hint: the interior angles of regular shapes are: triangles = 60 degrees squares = 90 degrees hexagons = 120 degrees. What shapes come together at that point? Pick a few more points. If you continue to grow the pattern in all directions, will it keep repeating without gaps or spaces? Pick any point where shapes meet. Find a special spot in your home to hang your tessellation.ĭouble-check your patterns to make sure they’re tessellations.Glue your favorite tessellation to a sheet of large paper.Select three shapes: make a repeating pattern using three shapes.Select two shapes: make a repeating pattern using two shapes.Select one shape: make a repeating pattern using one shape.(Use Homes activity #3 for traceable patterns.) Cut out lots of equilateral (all sides are the same length) triangles, squares, and hexagons in different colors. ![]() ![]()
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