As you know, I find my carving inspiration in the graphic works of M. C. Escher. The full catalog includes 450 woodcuts, engravings, lithographs, etc. Below is a design from February 1938 called "Day & Night." I'm now starting the process of thinking through how this could become a relief carving. Should it be built up from different woods? Or selectively stained?
The tessellation of flying birds in the upper center would work best with overlaid cutouts, but the villages at the lower left and right would be intricate carvings. The checkerboard fields could be stained. Comments?
DaynNight.jpg
The tessellation of flying birds in the upper center would work best with overlaid cutouts, but the villages at the lower left and right would be intricate carvings. The checkerboard fields could be stained. Comments?
DaynNight.jpg
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