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• Arts: Art History: Artists: E: Escher, M. C. (14)
• Science: Math: Geometry (428)
• Science: Math: Geometry: Polytopes (53)

• 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.
• 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 and 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. Includes 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.
• 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.
• Mathbun.com - The graphic work of Chaim Goodman-Strauss, Arkansas.
• 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.
• SingSurf: Wallpaper Patterns - A Java applet which shows interactive wallpaper patterns.
• Squared Squares and Squared Rectangles - Tilings of Squared Squares and Squared Rectangles, constructed using javascript.
• Symmetry and Pattern: The Art of Oriental Carpets - Resources compiled by the Math Forum.
• 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.
• 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 Using Geometer's Sketchpad - Description of a class project.
• Tessellations with Java - Examples and source code.
• 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.
• 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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