I’m still kind of stunned by this, but check out Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shui’s recreation of the famous M. C. Escher drawing, Relativity. They’ve got some pretty fantastic photos of how they constructed the thing here. Oh, and because I can’t resist dropping facts, I read this on Wikipedia about the Lego® company: “The Lego group is the largest tire manufacturer in the world, producing over 300 million minature tires each year.”
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This is my favorite M.C Escher drawing, for a reason I’m a little chagrinned to admit in public: It features heavily in Labyrinth.
posted by Mary on 8-11-2006 at 10:50 am
heh! I loved Labrynth. It shows up on the Simpsons an awful lot as well.
posted by Mangesh on 8-11-2006 at 11:08 am
What’s wrong with Labyrinth? That was an AWESOME movie!
posted by Sean on 6-2-2008 at 11:01 pm
I FULLY agree! This is my favorite Escher drawing, mainly because it’s featured in Labyrinth. I’m trying to get ahold of an original copy of the novel, but it’s incredibly expensive. The cheapest I’ve seen is in an auction, going for 30+ USD!
posted by Lilz on 6-3-2008 at 8:42 am