Monday, February 18, 2008

Hilbert curve

Hilbert curve is a continuous fractal space filling curve, which was first described by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1891. Below you can see 5 first steps of the plane Hilbert curve.


But the Hilbert curve looks more interesting if it represent in three dimensions. Carlo H. Séquin, a professor of Berkley, created a small 5" metal sculpture of Hilbert curve, which he called "Hilbert 512". You can see it below.

It was also be modeled by Torolf Sauermann in the program Maxwell renderer. Below, you can see the second step of the three-dimensional Hilbert curve and two versions of cubic Hilbert curve.


Saturday, December 22, 2007

Jos de Mey has died

With deep regret I should report that in December 22th 2007 the great man and the famous Belgian artist Jos de Mey has died.

He was one of the most famous artists in imp-art. His name have always been referred along with another Holland artist M.C. Escher. Jos de Mey was the unique artist, who could organic combine detailed photo realistic Flemish landscapes with complex impossible constructions. His artwork were demonstrated at many personal and group exhibitions in Belgium and other countries.

I believe he will be always remembered in many countries, and his works will be great theme of inspiration for many artists around the world.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

Escher's creature

This series of photos by Hawken King was inspired by creatures from Escher's artworks "House of stairs" and "Curl up". A small strange creature should curl to move forward.

Below you can see the original Escher's image "Curl up", where moving of this created is shown in four steps.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

Celtic Möbius strip by Paul Bielaczyc

Celtic Möbius
Colored Pencil and Ink, 21" x 13".

In this image by Paul Bielaczyc we see joining of aspects of artist's life. As he says Celtic knots surround him in his job, M.C. Escher who has always bee inspiring in his art and the Möbius strip as intriguing mathematical form.

Thursday, November 15, 2007

Tessellations by Daniel Wyllie

Daniel Wyllie creates wonderful tessellations, which got First prize in Tess Contest 2006 and Grand prize in Tess Contest 2007. His tesselations are designed in classic Escher style with animals, faces a other artistic figures as main characters.

Grand prize in Tess Contest 2007

Coworkers

Last Laugh

Mad dog


First prize in Tess Contest 2006

Faces In a Flower

Stork And Cougar