Ichiro Tanioka

Statement

I am interested in broad potential applications of tessellation / geometric patterns for education in lower elementary. I have been developing various educational materials as puzzles for pupils to effectively obtain fundamental idea of geometry and art through play. This time I present an update on my previous triangular puzzle, Mt.Fuji and Kakigori, and its demonstrative works with additional colorful and see-through pieces.

Artworks

Another mosaic pattern with regular triangles of eight types for a snapper. Under the sunlight, colored see-through mosaic pattern sparkles and shines like stained glass frame.

A mosaic pattern of period flowers is drawn with 288 congruent regular triangles surrounded by a hexagonal frame. Six different types of pieces are used for the pattern, however, the designs of the pieces are equivalent under color and rotation transformations to each other.