"Escher through 3D printing" Topic
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 20thmaine  | 14 Apr 2013 4:27 p.m. PST |
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| jpattern2 | 14 Apr 2013 6:56 p.m. PST |
I remember discovering Escher 40 years ago. Still mind-blowing. |
| Whatisitgood4atwork | 14 Apr 2013 7:56 p.m. PST |
Okay, they would be wildly expensive, at least currently, but those structures would make brilliant terrain pieces for sci-fi alien worlds. It may be practical and affordable a few years from now. |
| Tom Bryant | 14 Apr 2013 9:35 p.m. PST |
You are so right 20thMaine! That is FAR OUT MAN! I always had a deep admiration for escher and his work. Nice to know its not impossible in physical realm to do such things. Well done to the folks in Israel. |
| Patrick R | 15 Apr 2013 4:13 a.m. PST |
I can't help but feel somebody's been cheating here, lots of Escher's impossible models were done by hand and brain over the years rather than a 3D printers and CAD. |
 Jlundberg | 15 Apr 2013 5:32 a.m. PST |
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| 20thmaine | 15 Apr 2013 5:41 a.m. PST |
lots of Escher's impossible models were done by hand and brain over the years rather than a 3D printers and CAD. I sort of agree – Escher's drawings are very elegant, these models look great from the correct viewpoint, but from other angles look, a little weird. But they would make wonderful SF/Fantasy scenery And if you could build a full size one – the ultimate in Trompe-l'śil, like this
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 Parzival | 15 Apr 2013 7:57 a.m. PST |
Well, it is a "cheat"— turning Escher's illustrated straight pillars and other forms into bending curves that only appear straight from one angle— but it's still an impressive bit of math, programming and engineering. And of course, the results still operate on optical illusions— just 3D ones that look 2D (which look 3D), rather than 2D looking 3D. Now if they could create a flowing version of the waterfall illusion, what a fun bit of sculpture that would be. |
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