January 21, 2009 | 9 comments

Sculpting the Impossible: Solid Renditions of Visual Illusions

Artists find mind-bending ways to bring visual illusions called impossible figures into three-dimensional reality.

By Stephen L. Macknik and Susana Martinez-Conde   

 
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If Escher Can Do It, Legos Can, Too

M. C. Escher’s “Relativity” appears here as a 3-D representation made with Lego blocks (no trick photography… it’s all real), by Andrew Lipson and Daniel Shiu. You can also learn about their fascinating construction details.

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