Let's go to the beach and make an aperiodic tiling!

The Spectre aperiodic monotile was an unexpected discovery in 2023.

An aperiodic tiling is when you cover a flat surface with copies of a single shape, without any repeating patterns.

Beaches are big and (mainly) flat and, famously, easy to do a bit of temporary building on. We're going to make large “cookie cutter” tools in the shape of the spectre monotile, and cover a beach with the aperiodic tiling.

Spectre monotile outlines pressed into sand

Where and when

6th and 7th June, on Whitley Bay beach, in the North-East of England.

There's more information on the event info page.

Latest project update

Update 5

We've confirmed the date and location, and I've made some more progress with the design of the stampers.

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