M.C. Escher Fish by M.S. Raynsford

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A simple set of tesselated M.C. Escher fish. Martin Raynsford (link below) provided the original fish DXF, but I have added a frame sized for 42 fish. Martin's suggestion is to stain some wood light and some dark and cut two different colors of fish for neat patterning. Here's a link to Martin's blog entry with the original design. http://msraynsford.blogspot.com/2012/03/escher-fish.html Here's a link to one of the photos on my Flickr; browsing around will reveal additional photos of the process I did not post here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/13723140@N04/6893876136/in/photostream And here's a video of the laser cutter cutting two fish, my favorite part is seeing the part drop when the cut is completed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs1zGo-hFho "One Art Please!" - Zoidberg. Instructions Get some 1/4" plywood (or whatever material you like) - I used a sanded birch 2x2' sheet from Menards, cut it down the middle, then stained each half different shades, varnished, and then cut. I provided a file with the fish int he frame, because I know someone will ask for it. But I prefer to cut the fish separately, using Martin's layout, which preserves the wood grain for individual fish and gives a nice visual texture to the finished piece. If you are not using wood, then I suppose there's no reason to prefer it. Optionally, cut the frame parts, glue and clamp, and fill with fish!