Paul Vermeesch, a Lego jedi, created this loving tribute to MC Escher’s Relativity, with innumerable grace-notes and sly in-jokes. It’s living proof of the progress of Lego: ten years ago, I blogged Lego/Escher mashups of much less ambition.
Six months in the making, I present my largest creation to date: a 1x1x1 foot model of M.C. Escher’s print “Relativity” reenacted in the Lego Star Wars theme. A far larger, cleaner, and more detailed rehashing of my 2010 version, this diorama is fully lit from the inside, presents the original Star Wars trilogy in a roughly counterclockwise format, and even features a minifig-scale theatre in the back which plays Lego’s CG version of the Star Wars saga. Enjoy!
I attempted to stay as true as possible to the geometry and proportions of Esher’s work, while bringing in the colors, worlds, and characters of Star Wars, and the freshness of the Lego medium. Unlike my first version of this concept, this diorama was not built solely for the finished replication photograph. This diorama has many details and scenes not completely visible in the finished picture. Take a look at some of these scenes and details below!
(Thanks, Phoebe!)