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Penrose Tile Wall

Maker Faire Bay Area 2024

October 18th-20th

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The Penrose tile wall is an 18 by 9 foot illuminated wall made up of 900 Penrose tiles. The tiling system was designed by Sir Roger Penrose in the 1970s. The animations are generated in real time using animation functions with random parameters so that it never looks the same. It has been shown publicly at Burning Man, and downtown Sacramento.

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Chuck Sommerville

Chuck Sommerville is an LED artist specializing in dynamic real time animation. He has a background in game design, and embedded software. In the 90s, he started working in custom LED displays. After honing his skill helping other artists fabricate their designs, he decided to start creating his own art.

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