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Tesselating Twin Dragons
After creating the Dragon tiles, we decided it would be fun tessellating with Twin Dragon fractals. Twin dragons have much more frilly edges. An individual twin dragon clearly shows self-similarity. Note the...
Tesselating Twin Dragons
After creating the Dragon tiles, we decided it would be fun tessellating with Twin Dragon fractals. Twin dragons have much more frilly edges. An individual twin dragon clearly shows self-similarity. Note the...
Fractal Penrose tiles
Every distinct set of tiles has certain features, and we are always interested in those that introduce something new or combine features in a new way. Dylan Thurston, who helped...
Fractal Penrose tiles
Every distinct set of tiles has certain features, and we are always interested in those that introduce something new or combine features in a new way. Dylan Thurston, who helped...
Parallelograms and Tetriamonds
One of the kits I used in the classroom was a set of parallelograms. We had a few kits left over, and when we sold them, we decided at the...
Parallelograms and Tetriamonds
One of the kits I used in the classroom was a set of parallelograms. We had a few kits left over, and when we sold them, we decided at the...
Nessie, the sea serpent tile
These abstract, fluid shapes first made us think of water and waves: After we chose the colors, our son-in-law suggested it looked like a sea serpent. So we named this shape Nessie....
Nessie, the sea serpent tile
These abstract, fluid shapes first made us think of water and waves: After we chose the colors, our son-in-law suggested it looked like a sea serpent. So we named this shape Nessie....
Luca Pacioli and mathematical type design
We've been taking typography classes at our nearby community college. Type design necessarily consists of line and curve, but some type faces such as Futura are explicitly geometric. When movable...
Luca Pacioli and mathematical type design
We've been taking typography classes at our nearby community college. Type design necessarily consists of line and curve, but some type faces such as Futura are explicitly geometric. When movable...
Appolonian Gaskets
The Apollonian gasket is a fractal. It begins with three circles. Each pair of circles touch each other at a single point, and the three points of contact are distinct....
Appolonian Gaskets
The Apollonian gasket is a fractal. It begins with three circles. Each pair of circles touch each other at a single point, and the three points of contact are distinct....