This is awfully cool - these guys make 3D sculpture which looks like M.C.Escher's amazing 2D illustrations. The sculpture is designed on a computer and then printed with a 3D printer. As Neo would say: Whoa.
![Escher - Belvedere](../images/Escher_Belvedere.jpg)
Escher -Belvedere
the real thing
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![Escher for real - looking like Belvedere](../images/Escher_for_real_1.jpg)
"Escher for real"
looking like Belvedere
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![Escher for real - showing how it is done](../images/Escher_for_real_2.jpg)
"Escher for real"
how it was done
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And for extra credit, these guys made Belvedere out of Lego. Double whoa.
![Escher in lego](../images/Escher_in_lego.jpg)
In an even more amazing act of Lego legerdemain, they also made "Ascending and Descending":
![Escher - Ascending and Descending](../images/Escher_ascending_descending.jpg)
Escher - Ascending and Descending
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![Escher - looking like Ascending and Descending](../images/Escher_in_lego_2.jpg)
"Escher in Lego"
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Whoa.
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