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Based on a 1947 lithograph by M. C. Escher, this relief carving shows a scene from two different viewpoints in the same image. A young man sitting on the stairs is talking with his girlfriend at a window above. In the lower half we see the scene from below, while in the upper half we see them...

This is another relief carving based on a graphic design of M. C. Escher. The original was titled "Sun & Moon" and was a woodcut printed in four colors. It was called that because the light birds were overprinted with a sun, and the dark birds had a crescent moon & stars. That was a little too...

The 1963 original woodcut by M. C. Escher was just 4-1/4 inches square. In the center, alternating dark & light fish fit together like pieces of a puzzle, but they disappear into the curvy lines. The width of the lines hint at the color of the underlying fish. This shallow relief is 12 inches...

This 12" x 15" basswood relief carving is based on a woodcut of M. C. Escher in January 1947. The scene shows a strange birdlike creature with a human head from three different perspectives in the same image. The figure is standing in an archway with a lunar landscape beyond. An equally strange...

This 12 inch square relief carving is based on a woodcut (April 1954) of M. C. Escher titled "Tetrahedral Planetoid." Four towns centered on the corners merge into an overhead view in the center. The next four photos are close-ups of each corner. It is a very complex design. So, I thought it...

Is this an exercise in steam bending wood? No This is a woodcarving of a mobius strip from a piece of 3/4" basswood. Since it has only one surface and one edge, the chip carving on the surface continues on both sides. It was sanded, sealed, and gel stained. The stain wiped off except in the...

Here are two versions of a design called "Symmetry Drawing C" by M. C. Escher. The first is a 7-1/2 foot x 4 foot wall decoration carved in redwood. The four birds and two fish fit together in a tessellation. The second version is a mobile carved in 9" x 5" basswood. Four other figures are...

This scene is a composite of sketches made by Escher while living in Italy in the 1930's. The 16" x 27" basswood relief was carved in 2016. The entire carving was sealed with water-based polyacrylic before wiping gel stain into lines, creases and textures for emphasis.

Rather than keep you in suspense, here are six more Escher-inspired relief carvings I have done: 1. Drawing Hands, converted to "Carving Hands," basswood, 12" x 15" - 2006 2. Balcony, sycamore, 7-3/4" x 9-1/4" - 2006 3. Waterfall, basswood, 16" x 20" - 2007 4. Dragon, basswood, 8" x 11" - 2003...

This is a pierced relief carving based on M. C. Escher's "Bond of Union," in which two heads are reduced to intertwining ribbons. Some of the floating spheres of the original 1956 lithograph has been changed to hearts. The carving is 15" x 12" - 1-1/4" thick. "Pierced" means some of the relief...

In the center of this carving are nine birds (blue, black, red) that fit together on a single piece of wood, Suspended on wires around the center are three birds like those in the center. This design is a small piece of Escher's "Metamorphose III" (1967-8) in which shapes morph from one form to...

This relief carving is based on a woodcut done by Escher in 1947. It shows a strange bird-like object in an archway from three different viewpoints and an equally strange lunar landscape in the background. The carving is basswood, 12" x 15", sealed and selectively stained, some stain scraped...

The original of this relief carving was a woodcut done by M. C. Escher in 1920 while a student in a school of decorative arts. This was long before the weird designs of his later life. This piece has a basswood cutout glued to black walnut,12" square. It was carved over four months using only...

Here is another famous Escher graphic design converted to relief carving. This impossible structure with a waterfall was a lithograph he did in 1961. If you trace the water flow down the twisting brick channel, it mysteriously ends up at the top of the waterfall. This 16" x 20" basswood carving...

This is a relief carving inspired by a May 1956 lithograph by M. C. Escher. The scene shows a man (left) looking at lithographic prints in a gallery with arched windows. The print in front of him expands upward and around to the right, causing the quayside town to enlarge many times, and...

This piece is based on Escher's "Reptiles" and features a 3-figure design on the desk top in which the figures fit together as a tessellation. Some of the lizards have crawled out of the design and over objects on the table. I posted a version of this design done entirely as relief carving. This...

This 12" x 15" basswood relief carving is inspired by Escher's 1935 self portrait (lithograph) titled "Hand Holding a Reflecting Sphere." It is very difficult to get a good working photo of yourself holding a reflecting sphere because the camera (or cell phone) takes up the center of the image...

The original design for this carving "in-the-round" was an untitled façade Escher designed for a school building in the Hague, Netherlands, a tessellation of flying horses - the light & dark shapes fit together in a repeating pattern. The 3D carving is butternut, 2" x 4" x 11" with the pattern...

This is a fine piece of marquetry based on a graphic design of M.C. Escher, titled "Belvedere," which means a viewing tower. Every variation in color or tone is a separate piece of wood. Size: 24" x 35" The second photo shows a close-up of the mountains & part of the tower. Even the ends of the...

This is actually three projects with a similar theme. All are based on a graphic design done by Escher in 1938: He probably called them "Sky & Water" because they feature birds and fish. Photo 1 - Sky & Water II - 14" x 21-1/2" walnut & basswood - carved in 2016 Photo 2 - Sky & Water I - 24"...