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Girih Extended #185
   
The five original girih tiles are a regular pentagon, a regular decagon, and three equilateral polygons—a rhombus, an elongated hexagon, and a concave hexagonal bow tie. My extended girih use the original five girih polygons along with scaling polygons: kite shapes, trapezoids, or concave hexagons. I also added a second rhombus. This extended girih system creates designs reminiscent of Islamic architectural decoration, but with greater variety in pattern.  more...
 
  
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Girih Extended #185
   
An intermediate pattern shows both the polygons and girih lines.
  
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Girih Extended #185
   
The underlying structure of polygons.
 
  

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