Zadora-Gerlof pays homage to M.C. Escher in this mind-boggling work of stainless steel. The piece was inspired by the Dutch artist’s 1952 Gravitation, which explored the impossibility of multiple sources of gravity working together on a single object. Escher manifested this theory through twelve turtles who use the star as a common shell. Represented in six colored pairs – red, orange, yellow, purple, green and blue – each turtle rests directly opposite its counterpart.

Though Escher’s creation is a physical impossibility, he presented it in a visually credible and logical way. Zadora makes the genius of Escher’s creation a reality through precisely cut pieces of stainless steel and polymer. At first glance, it appears to be a nonsensical jumble of turtle heads and limbs, though a closer inspection reveals the inherent symmetry and harmony of the design.