13 October 2007

The old Maurits Cornelius

I knew about M. C. Escher in the late 70's in the first Martin Garner's book I read, and from then on both entered my list of the great men of all times. Years after, in 1994 I've been in Granada and get really flabbergasted by La Alhambra, specially by the decoration patterns.
I tried to know more about and I discovered that one of the biggest specialist was... Escher!! (He got interested like me on a trip to Granada he made in 1922). I tried to deepen on the study of patterns, symmetry and tessellation and it's because of this that for a while I didn't sketched so much. I had forgot all the pages I filled then on some lost folder and found them by chance a couple of weeks ago.
You can see some of them here.

I wanted to try to create an Escher-like tessellation, that was the only finished drawing of the series. Here it is (I apologize for my german transcription).

Next two were made last december as a kind of doodling in a not so inspiring waiting room.
The old MCE is always there.

14 comments:

  1. Jenny13 Oct 2007, 23:39:00

    Wow! Beautiful! The detail is amazing. Also, I checked out your impressive flickr collection. My brain would tie itself into a knot if I tried this.

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  2. Linda T14 Oct 2007, 22:27:00

    These are great! I've tried them, too, and they are not easy. Very impressive!

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  3. Linda T14 Oct 2007, 22:27:00

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  4. Anonymous15 Oct 2007, 06:21:00

    So beautiful. I love the black and white on pink paper. What kind of ink is that white? Your penmanship is beautiful too.

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  5. Lynn Larson15 Oct 2007, 15:01:00

    Wonderful! Escher has always been one of my favorite artists, and I think he would be proud!

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  6. caseytoussaint16 Oct 2007, 12:47:00

    You do such incredible work - these are amazing.

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  7. Christeen16 Oct 2007, 15:05:00

    Holy smokes that's impressive!

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  8. suzanne cabrera17 Oct 2007, 03:17:00

    Gee whiz!!!!! You really give Escher a run for his money. These are gorgeous! I'm really in awe.

    Do you also know German? If so, you totally amaze me on another level!

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  9. Felicity Grace19 Oct 2007, 18:18:00

    Wonderful drawings!

    You've been tagged Miguel, hope you don't mind!

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  10. Unknown19 Oct 2007, 19:12:00

    Felicity: great to be tagged in this game!

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  11. juj20 Oct 2007, 02:23:00

    these are gorgeous - just GORGEOUS and i'm kicking myself for not coming to look at them sooner. owe you a proper email as well. soon, i promise. welcome to your new blog. it looks like a lovely place...

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  12. Felicity Grace21 Oct 2007, 12:00:00

    Hi Miguel, sorry I didn't explain - this one is to write 7 facts about yourself and then pass it on to 7 more bloggers. Sometimes I play and don't pass the tag along (it can be difficult to find someone who hasn't been tagged already!)so it's up to you. Not everybody likes tags, so there is no obligation! :)

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  13. Unknown24 Oct 2007, 07:59:00

    Sali: it was Winsor & Newton Black Indian Ink and White Ink. I used a Faber Castell pen nib. The paper was Arjo Wiggins Conqueror.

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  14. Anonymous24 Apr 2008, 04:21:00

    OMG! That top is simply spectacular. I am awed. Wow. The others are really great, too, but that top one is beautiful.

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