The gallery on this page also has many process photos, including one of the sculpture’s tiles underside where it attaches to the backing, receivers and pins that will allow him to raise the tiles.
Commission, Private Collection, Bedford, New York. Painted aluminum, 52″ x 51″ x 5″, 2026
This piece has sold. Kevin would be glad to create something for you in the same spirit. Please contact us, or select from currently available sculptures.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE EINSTEIN TILE
Discovered in 2022 by David Smith, a retired print technician and jigsaw puzzle aficionado from East Yorkshire, England, this elusive shape charmed the world of mathematics, which had been seeking it since the 1960s.
They sought a single tile that “fills the two-dimensional plane aperiodically, without gaps or overlaps,” in essence a non-repeating shape.
The resulting “hat” shape looks simple. It is anything but.
And that name? It has nothing to do with the legendary Albert Einstein. Ludwig Danzer, a German geometer, called such a tile an “einstein” — a pun on the German phrase “ein stein,” which means “one piece” or “one stone.”
Challenged by my longtime New York patron to create a sculpture using the shape, I spent several months simply creating the shape, drawing it, cutting it out, and playing with it. Both simple and complex, it was a perfect form for me to work with, but in what way?
I finally arrived at the current design, then played with color palettes for it to work on the outside wall in my patron’s garden. Also critical was how to actually build the wall sculpture for the chosen site.
I will keep adding process images to this page until the piece is finally completed.
Finally, if you would like more information about the Einstein tile, you may enjoy these articles and a link to a free downloadable Einstein tile design sheet.
Enjoy!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_problem
https://paperpieces.com/products/einstein-tile-desgn-sheet-free-pdf-download?srsltid=AfmBOorTEeCIxmRlGXSLH9GSYuTIjbwc5YkYuCV7WZ_MIf53zwVgpjCR
