Filmmakers
Kevin Lee
Instructor of Math/CSCI
Normandale Community College
Bloomington, MN
Statement
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.
Films
Creating an Escher-Like Chessboard
4:50
Kevin Lee, Normandale Community College. Sea Turtle Design by Jos Leys
2013
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.