Instructor:Aperiodic Tessellation Exercises Solutions

Aperiodic Tessellation Exercises

1. a. Non-periodic; b. The guitar in Mosaic II; c. The meditating man (the only figure facing foward, the only one perfectly centered, the only one relaxed in a natural pose, and has eyes closed); d. No tiles which share an edge are the same color; e. Draw anything that can't be 2-colored.
2. Draw an 8x8 random tessellation using squares cut into 45-45-90 triangles.
3. There is only one shape of tile in the Voderberg spiral. Two tiles surround the blue tile.
4. The L below
5. The P below





6. Mark the colored curves on this:
7. Only A and E are legal.
8. The gap A needs two kites, and B needs two darts.