Escher Dragon Reimagined

M.C. Escher Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world's most famous graphic artists. His art is enjoyed by millions of people all over the world, as can be seen on the many web sites on the internet.

He is most famous for his so-called impossible constructions, such as Ascending and Descending, Relativity, his Transformation Prints, such as Metamorphosis I, Metamorphosis II and Metamorphosis III, Sky & Water I or Reptiles.

I've been enamored by M.C. Escher since I was a child. I've re-imagined one of his works his 1952 Dragon wood engraving print.

M.C. Escher's Dragon 1952 Wood Engraving
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My workflow is a little unique. I am converting 2D quality art into a reimagined version.

In this case I was able to use M.C. Escher's incredible detail of shadow and contrast of dark vs light to create a 3D Surface Model.

More detail of my 3D Model
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I was able to get a part cast and the initial casting results were mixed. Lot's of nooks and crannies.

My plan is to create a Necklace that is moderate in size and send it to the M.C. ESCHER Foundation as an honorary piece to show how much detail is actually in M.C. Escher's work. 

For information on this famous DRAGON work of art, you can find it described in the following Wikipedia article
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_(M._C._Escher)

CLICK HERE TO SEE MY EARLIER EFFORT ON THIS BELOW INCLUDING MY WAX CUT PIECE FROM THE 3D SURFACE