When I began brainstorming for this project, I knew my artist (Escher) and my medium (Lego bricks). I looked through quite a bit of Escher's work looking for something that would lend itself to the nature of Lego bricks. I decided on a portion of the Metamorphosis that went from a town on the ocean into cubes. I defined my boundaries and I built a defined section of the Metamorphosis. (When we were told we could create a portion of a work of art, I took that in a literal sense and simply sectioned off the part I wanted to build.)

I chose to build the transition between the cubes and the true town buildings thereby creating something that is familiar and recognizable without being completely real. The Lego bricks that I used worked incredibly well in accomplishing this task. I used only basic white and yellow bricks. The white bricks are what are supposed to be visible and the yellow is in the back as a filler. I chose to use two colors from a practicality standpoint because I did not believe I would have enough white Lego bricks to do everything in white. However, the effect of the white and yellow is a nice way of separating what should be viewed from what should not be viewed. Ideally, I would want my piece set up in such a way that the back sides cannot be easily seen; however, after finishing, I do not think this is as big of a deal as I had initially thought it would be.

The piece is hollow, and the inside can be viewed from a opening in the back. This was done again to conserve Lego pieces and to keep it lighter in weight, but being able to look inside from the back makes the piece even more interesting to me. I did need to use some amount of supports inside to ensure that the design would hold together, but it is still interesting to look inside.

As I said at the beginning, I knew my artist and my medium. I chose to use Lego bricks because they have been a part of my life since I was very young. Over the years, I have created many pieces of art and it only seemed natural for me to continue that process. Therefore, the design is Escher's and the implementation of that design is my own.