Tessellations by Hand

These animations show a tessellations created by hexagonal translation.

Imagination makes all the difference.

There are two methods of creating tessellations by hand:

Dot Paper Method

Paper & Scissors Method (This methods is much simpler to execute.)

             Tessellations can also be made using Tesselmania,

 A MECC program, now owned by Matel (Learning Company.)

Working demo (Computer must be set at 256 colors!) available at

http://www.worldofescher.com/store/tessftp.html

View Examples from Farragut High School Students