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Ambigram Escher


ambigram Escher photomontage tessellation

180° rotational symmetry.

9 June 2021

Ambigram Escher with reversible drawing hands using a pencil. Ambiguous image and photomontage with an ambigram tessellation showing the name "Escher" in two colors using negative space upside down. M. C. Escher's work features mathematical objects and operations including impossible objects, explorations of infinity, reflection, symmetry, perspective, and tessellations. This composition is a tribute inspired by Drawing Hands, famous creation by Escher featuring two reversible hands drawing each other.

This work has been published in Medium: "Steam of Consciousness Writing is Dangerous and Should Be Avoided", in 2022.

This picture is available on Wikimedia Commons with a free license CC BY-SA 4.0 (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International) - © Basile Morin


Prior version (lowercase and permanent marker)

ambigram Escher photomontage

180° rotational symmetry.

Previous trial with a permanent marker

9 June 2021

This picture is available on Wikimedia Commons with a free license CC BY-SA 4.0 (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International) - © Basile Morin


Animated versions

ambigram Escher animated

This work has been published in Art in Context: "M. C. Escher - A Biography of Tessellation Artist Maurits Cornelis Escher", in 2022.

This drawing is available on Wikimedia Commons with a free license CC BY-SA 4.0 (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International) - © Basile Morin

ambigram Escher animated

This drawing is available on Wikimedia Commons with a free license CC BY-SA 4.0 (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International) - © Basile Morin


Ambigram tessellation

ambigram tessellation Escher

This work has been published in Art in Context: "M. C. Escher - A Biography of Tessellation Artist Maurits Cornelis Escher", in 2022.

This drawing is available on Wikimedia Commons with a free license CC BY-SA 4.0 (Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International) - © Basile Morin


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