Kevin D. Lee

Statement

For several years I have written software to create Escher-like tessellations. The goal of my program, TesselManiac!, is to have users (especially young ones) create tessellations and explore this connection of math and art. TesselManiac! allows you to create thirty-six types of isohedral tessellations. It includes several animations, including one where the tile morphs from a base polygon tile to the final shape.

Artworks

I wanted to decorate the file drawers in my office with tessellations. I have been playing with morphing algorithms to morph from one tile shape to another. In this set of magnetic tiles I kept it simple by morphing between three Escher tessellations that are of symmetry group p1, and all started as squares. The tiles are decorated on both sides ss you can have it moving left to right, or the opposite direction.