Camilo Alvarez Async 2 Part 1: Tessellation Research

  Tessellation in nature

Man-made tessellation 

Interesting fact: The word 'tessera' in Latin means a small stone cube. They were used to make up 'tessellata' - the mosaic pictures forming floors and tilings in Roman buildings. 

Source: http://www.csun.edu/~lmp99402/Math_Art/Tesselations/tesselations.html