Kevin Lee

Instructor of Math/CSCI

Normandale Community College

Bloomington, MN

http://www.tesselmaniac.com

I enjoy mathematics, tessellations, computer programming, wood working, and video production. It has been fun to put it all together to create entertaining and instructive software and videos.

Creating an Escher-Like Chessboard

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Kevin Lee, Normandale Community College. Sea Turtle Design by Jos Leys

2013

http://www.tesselmaniac.com/tess/Home.html

I have been writing software to explore geometric transformations and create Escher-like tessellations for twenty years. My programs include The Geometric Golfer, TesselMania, Kaleidomania, and Tessellation Exploration. My newest program for designing tessellations is TesselManiac. In TesselManiac I have added code to control a laser cutter. This allows me to create the tiles out of real material like acrylic or wood. In this video I demonstrate how all of this comes together to create a tessellated chessboard.