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Tessellations - Posters

Regular Polygon Tessellations poster $11.95 Colorful poster showing a variety of tessellations of regular polygons. Comes with an 8-page lesson guide, including five copyable worksheets. 22" x 34".	Symmetry in Tessellations poster $11.95 A variety of lifelike tessellations illustrate different types of symmetry. Comes with an eight-page lesson guide, including four copyable worksheets. 22" x 34".
Tessellations in Our World poster $11.95 Poster with nine photographs illustrating the occurance of tessellations in natural and manmake objects. Comes with an 8-page lesson guide, including four copyable worksheets. 22" x 34".	Liberation poster $9.95 "Liberation" shows the development of a tessellation of birds from a tessellation of equilateral triangles and is also a play on perception of two-dimensional art as three-dimensional objects. The original is a lithography executed in 1955. Poster dimensions: 30" x 17".
Magic Mirror poster $9.95 "Magic Mirror" is a play on two and three dimensional perception. The mirror in the print references the mirror symmetry in the tessellation of winged dogs. The original is a lithograph executed in 1946. Poster dimensions: 26" x 22".	Metamorphose I poster $9.95 "Metamorphose I" shows the small town of Atrani on the Amalfi Coast in Italy morphing into a tessellation of Chinamen. Escher lived for a period in this region of Italy and was very fond of it. The original is a woodcut printed on two sheets, executed in 1937. Poster dimensions: 10" x 35".
Reptiles poster $9.95 "Reptiles" shows a drawing of a reptile tessellation in one of Escher's notebooks turning into a real reptile and then back into a flat drawing. The original is a lithograph executed in 1943. Poster dimensions: 26" x 22".	Day and Night poster $9.95 "Day and Night" is one of Escher's most popular prints. The original is a woodcut in black and gray, executed in 1938. Poster dimensions: 22" x 34".
Cycle poster $9.95 "Cycle" shows a scene in which a tessellation of rhombi morphs into a tessellation of running men. The original is a lithograph executed in 1938. Poster dimensions: 26" x 22".	Sky and Water I poster $9.95 "Sky and Water I" shows a tessellation of fish morphing into a tessellation of birds. The original is a woodcut executed in 1938. Poster dimensions: 26" x 22".
Dragons poster $8.95 By Hop David, this poster is a reproduction of his painting depicting tessellated dragons. 18" x 24"	Impossible City poster $8.95 By Hop David, this poster is a reproduction of his painting depicting an imaginary up/down city, which incorporates tessellated angels and devils. The painting was the result of a collaboration with Peter Raedschelders. 18" x 24".
Bats and Owls Poster $8.95 Black bats and white owls fit together in intricate patterns. Instructions relate the design to the scaling of triangles, infinite series, and singularities (points at which tiles become infinitesimally small). 22" x 26", by Robert Fathauer.	Self-replicating Dragon $8.95 A fanciful dragon is the theme for this self-replicating tile - one that can be subdivided into exact replicas of itself. Instructions relate the design to self-replicating tiles, the use of iteration to solve mathematical problems, and fractal dimension. 20" x 22", by Robert Fathauer.
Fractal Serpents Poster $8.95 Two-headed serpents intertwine in complex geometries. Instructions relate the design to infinite series, self similarity, and fractal dimension. 16" x 26", by Robert Fathauer.