So I got fascinated with these tiles that could be matched up on every single side. (They were originally inspired by M. C. Escher.) I got curious what they would look like if I could vary the pattern indefinitely.
Then I made a version in the form of teeny paper tiles, (all 16 variations!) and started playing with them. Wasn't satisfied, because these little pieces of paper were so small and they were hard to handle...so I made them bigger. Still wasn't satisfied because even though they were bigger, they curled. And they were black and white - and they were two dimensional.
So I mounted another version on cardboard, cut them up to size with a paper slicer...after coloring them and covering them with some mylar to protect the colored pencil from coming off. Then I had to color-code the backs, so I could tell which way they were facing in case I wanted to re-create the design on "real" tiles. Imagined the pattern in various places where I'm living. Signed up for a ceramics class, who informed me that making tiles wasn't an option. Meanwhile, the tile saw was dismantled and put away, but here are these little pieces you see above that I'm still playing around with...
Cannot imagine why I went to all this trouble, but the whole thing is explained when I put these little pieces together - and out pops the variations of all these connecting patterns, like brambles. Maybe they should be the surface of a lampshade, so the patterns can be projected into a room... Do you play the game "Entanglement?"
What would you do with these?
