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Tag Archives: Escher

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity”: There Must Be Stars

I take this passage in Escher’s essay to be particularly appropriate for comics creators:

Posted byMarek10 Dec 201430 Mar 2023Posted incomics, mathTags: art, Escher, infinity, math, science, space, time2 Comments on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity”: There Must Be Stars

Museum Courtyard: Above & Below

It looks like we’ve learned our lesson from the last time we played on a three-dimensional staircase …

Posted byMarek08 Dec 201418 Feb 2025Posted inComics Workshop, Illustration, math, perspectiveTags: 3 point, 3D, carp, cat, currier, Escher, math, mouse, perspective, science, stairs, teaching2 Comments on Museum Courtyard: Above & Below

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 2: Music & Eternity

“to approach eternity by means of sounds”…?

Posted byMarek20 Nov 201430 Mar 2023Posted incomics, mathTags: Escher, infinity, math, music, radio, science1 Comment on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 2: Music & Eternity

Watch Your Step

Three-point perspective staircase distortion, drawn at Currier Art Museum …

Posted byMarek07 Nov 201418 Feb 2025Posted inComics Workshop, Illustration, math, perspectiveTags: 3 point, 3D, currier, Escher, perspective, stairs, teaching1 Comment on Watch Your Step

Escher Exhibit

Journal comic inspired by a recent visit to the Currier Museum’s mind-bending exposition…

Posted byMarek01 Nov 201430 Nov 2016Posted incomics, mathTags: currier, Escher, museum, tessellation, triangle3 Comments on Escher Exhibit

Staircase Encounter

(Drawn for “M.C. Escher: Reality and Illusion” at The Currier Museum.)

Posted byMarek29 Sep 2014Posted inmathTags: Escher, opposites, symmetryLeave a comment on Staircase Encounter

Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 1

The first of a finite series of comics adapting Escher’s 1971 essay…

Posted byMarek17 Mar 201430 Mar 2023Posted incomics, mathTags: Escher, infinity, math, space, time2 Comments on Escher’s “Approaches to Infinity” Part 1

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