Albion College

About: Albion College is a education organization based out in Albion, Michigan, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Higher education. The organization has 485 authors who have published 754 publications receiving 20907 citations.

Point Symmetric Ribbon Patterns using a Hexagonal Motif from M.C. Escher

Abstract: M.C. Escher explored patterns created from simple motifs carved from geometric shapes such as a square or a hexagon. Rather than creating patterns having translational planar symmetry, this paper describes how point symmetric patterns can be created using Escher’s hexagonal motif and gives several examples. Creating a point symmetric pattern from decorated regular hexagonal tiles depends on the symmetry groups of the hexagonal tessellation and the available tile decorations. One can use the hexagonal motif created by Escher to make point symmetric tessellations having four symmetry types.