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Tessellations here mean designs featuring animals, birds, etc, which can fill the page, without over-lapping, to form a pattern. You can see a tessellation in the top right corner as you move around the site.

On these pages, you will find information about all aspects of tessellations, from their history and development to complete galleries of examples by David, Seth and the Master, M.C. Escher, the pioneer of the art. Also included are extensive workshops showing how to design and produce your own. All are accessible from the orange navigation bar or from the site index -see below.

This site is a dedicated graphics site and not intended as a mathematical treatise. As M.C.Escher said, "Mathematicians go to the garden gate but they never venture through to appreciate the delights within." If, as a result of your visit, you venture through, please send us one of your designs for inclusion in the guest gallery.

In order to navigate and appreciate this site, you will need a modern browser with Javascript turned on. See 'About' and note 'Copyright' under 'Site Information' in the menu bar.

Tessellations.org was Yahoo's 'Pick of the Week' on Feb 15 2004 and is a member of the Graphics web ring.

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