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A Tessellation of Star Octagons, and Two Sizes of Squares

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tessellation of star octagons and two sizes of squares

A Tessellation Featuring Regular Pentadecagons and Hexagons, As Well As Isosceles Trapezoids and Triangles

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Tessellation featuring regular pentadecagons and hexagons, as well as isosceles trapezoids and triangles

Tessellation Featuring Regular Enneagons and Hexaconcave Dodecagons

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Tessellation featuring regular enneagons and hexaconcave dodecagons

Some people call nine-sided polygons “nonagons,” rather than “enneagons,” but I prefer Greek prefixes to those based on Latin.

Pentagonal Mandala V

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pentagonal mandala v

The Black Widow Tessellation

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balck widow tessellation

The black polygons in this radial tessellation are regular decagons. The red figures are hourglass-shaped equilateral hexagons, which remind me of the distinctive red markings found on many black widow spiders.

Tessellation of Concave Hexagons

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concave hexagon tessellation

Another Tessellation of Octagons

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Several tessellations of octagons have been published in this space in the past. Here’s the latest in this occasional series.

another octagon tessellation

Floral Shield #2

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Floral Shield 2

This is one of the aperiodic tilings made famous by Roger Penrose.

Throwing Star Tessellation

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throwing star tessellation

Tessellation of Blue Triangles and Yellow Concave Pentagons

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triangles and pentagons

Alternately, this can be seen as a tessellation of blue diconcave hexagons and yellow triconcave enneagons. Which do you see?