Maker Faire Bay Area 2024
Penrose Tile Wall
Home: California, United States
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.
Maker
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.
https://www.chucksommerville.com/What Inspired You to Make This?
Originally I wanted to make a new art piece for our Burning Man camp that hid the storage container, and lit up our dance floor.
