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Yes, another mountain biker. But this one drawn in symmetry system P6, that’s one 6-point rotation, one 3-point rotation and one 2-point rotation. Have a careful look at those bike wheels. They are being shared by multiple bikers. Bike Sharing, very popular these days.

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Have a peek at my show, play some board games, have a drink and snack. Nice place to hang out with friends.

If there are any sizes that you wish to have custom printed, let me know, I will be glad to oblige. Either printed on canvas or archival grade art paper, signed by the artist.

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One Tessellation a Day, for 30 Days! Ya, right.

I thought maybe it would be a cool idea to challenge myself to do a tessellation a day for 30 days. Maybe in a few decades when my teacup is not overflowing.

I must point out the difference between a tessellation and a pattern, as in cloth, tiles or wallpaper. They both use the same symmetry rules for filling space. But in the case of tessellations,…

Even if you happen to get one person within a 100 Km range to want to purchase a print, let’s do the math.

 $50.00 cost of the print, ink, process, a decent size paper, 50 x 40 cm, or 20 x 16″

 $20.00 for the mat if printed on paper, or the stretcher frame if printed on canvas

$120.00 for a proper (yet quite cheap) frame

 $76.00 markup for the gallery, if it’s 40%

$266.00 total price

$297.92 then add PST and GST

     $.00 where’s my cut? Should I make more or less than the gallery?

$454.72 if I insert at the start of the calculation, a 100 dollar profit for me

Yikes. Hey, I can’t even afford to buy my own artwork! I certainly can’t afford to get 30 framed for a show! That would be close to $6,000.00. It’s not going to happen on my end.

I’m seriously thinking of doing a PowerPoint series (I’m very good at that!), put it up on the wall in a digital picture frame and offer small prints, matted and wrapped in a celluloid envelope. At least I know I could afford to buy one, and a few other aficionados as well. Might even put up three or four framed samples, in case a tessellation lover comes along. I wish.

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Did mention to the curator of an upcoming show what my vision was. Guess he was not impressed, as he has not yet answered me. Three weeks gone.

Complete #tessellation workflow on the #iPadPro

It has taken a while for me to let go of the expensive Adobe Photoshop, to complete my tessellations. Quite a bit of research and testing to figure out which iPad app was the best for my purposes. Pixelmator wins on all fronts. It does what no other single app accomplishes, (more…)

MC Escher Madrid Show is extended to September 24, 2017

The MC Escher show, now in Madrid was supposed to end two days ago. Good news! It has been extended to September 24th. Check it out if you happen to be in the area. Palacio Gaviria on Calle Del Arenal. A spectacular venue. Cheers! (more…)