"Wow! Hirst Arts does M.C. Escher!" Topic

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This guy is incredible! I've seen some really nice work come out of the Hirst Arts Design Derby before, but I've never seen anything quite this cool. I'm also completely stumped as to how he did it.

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It's worth noting that the creator, Abaroth, won or placed in four of the five categories. Some real skill, there.

the normal method of doing this is to build it so it looks correct from 1 point of perspective, if you look from any outher angle you normaly see a gap in the stair, ( tricky to describe but to get an idea if you tilt your keeboard up at the front to near your sight line the C key will appear to become an O as the 2 tips begin to join ).
but yes wonderful idea there.

I know how the trick is done, but that still doesn't detract from the ZOMG effect of the entry.

I applaud his efforts with slow, ponderous, implacable applause.

I feel like an idiot. I still don't get it.

That's pretty neat.

Abaroth deserves credit just for *thinking* of adapting an Escher print to Hirst Arts molds, let alone *executing* it so well. You can see the gap in the stairway in several of the photos, but, as Pete says, knowing how it's done doesn't take away from my admiration for his skill.

Even without the "ever-ascending stairway", this is a beautiful model. Check out the row of armor in niches, the fountain, all the different levels, courtyards, and balconies, and the shot of the monk arriving for his first day at the monastery: "Please gods, don't make me climb those stairs forever." Priceless!

So then the question arises – where's the gap here? (I think I know)

And here's Escher's print, "Ascending, Descending," so you can compare it to the 3D model. Beautiful work!

The other thing you can do is build the "staircase" as a floor. When viewed from the side, it would look flat.

I'm not sure that's how he did it, though. The pictures taken from the other angles seem to indicate that the building is modular, and that he's removed modules to show off the interior of the piece.

I'd be interested in seeing the finished model in person.

Meiczyslaw, building the staircase as a "floor" only works if it's a free-floating staircase. As an example, lay 4 pencils on your desk, in a square, with the point of each pencil resting on the eraser of the next. Each pencil "steps down" (or "up") to the next, endlessly.

However, when you anchor the staircase to a 3D building, you have to use a different technique.

If you look at this photo: picture you can see that the descending stairs end on the left, just before dropping down to the blaustraded patio. On the right side of the photo, halfway up, you can see a narrow sliver of the "top" of the descending staircase. When viewed from the right angle, and *only* the right angle, you get the illusion of the ever-descending staircase.

As further proof that your eyes are being fooled, count the number of stairs on each side. Two of the flights are shorter than the other two; the gap is at the intersection of the two shorter flights.

Fantastic!

So this one takes a log time to figure out, I finally get it and now I am even more amazed at the model!

When you know it's a trick of your eyes and perception, it's a beautiful model, when you figure out how it was done it's a marvelous model! What absolute precision! Breathtaking!

Fantastic model making, I'm not worthy.

Thats a great looking model ,even without the "neverending "stair effect!

Wow.

thanks for the link, amazing.

Here's another beauty by this guy:

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Umm…wow.

That's pretty cool. There's a guy on dwarvenforge.com who did something in a similar vein with Dwarven Forge stuff.

(scroll down near the bottom of the page):
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Impressive, but not something I'd want around the house. Probably attracts dimensional rifts and tears in space-time, and heaven knows we already have have enough problems with the neighbors' Hound of Tindalos.

And we all know what happened when the late Mr Hong chose to open his Three Jolly Luck Take-Away Fish Bar in Dagon Street during the lunar eclipse. Can't be too careful of those household dimensional rifts.

That's just… wow… dang…

I need to play with my moulds more…