On my\u00a0first trip up to Helen & Mac’s place near Perth Western Australia, they showed me the workshop and my eyes popped out of their sockets. Not only a huge well-stocked woodworking space but a forge too, and all set in\u00a0a beautiful rural\u00a0scenic location!<\/p>\n

So Gen said, sure dad will be happy for you to make something in the workshop over the break…<\/p>\n

My\u00a0initial idea<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Originally I wanted to make coasters that fitted together similar to\u00a0the MC Escher bird-fish intricate tessellated design but being a bit of a noob, I hugely underestimated the challenge.<\/p>\n

Fearing for Mac’s heart and not\u00a0having a spare month,\u00a0we together planned a design which was pleasing, tessellated and\u00a0could be manufactured on the machines available (e.g. no jigsaws).<\/p>\n

Serendipitously while planning I coloured-in alternating tiles to get a better idea of the outline and realised a two-colour set would look great!<\/p>\n

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So we got to work with some Jarrah and She Oak offcuts, using bench circular saw, thicknesser\u00a0\/\u00a0bench plane, a beautiful old bandsaw, several sanding\u00a0machines, and a 7m belt sander.<\/p>\n

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> See the full sequence with descriptions on my\u00a0Flickr album “Tessellated Coasters”…<\/a><\/p>\n

TLDR; These are the finished coasters, waxed and drying.<\/p>\n

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Here are some of the interesting patterns and visual illusions we discovered you could make, over a gin of course!<\/p>\n

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> See the full story\u00a0with descriptions on my\u00a0Flickr album “Tessellated Coasters”…<\/a><\/h2>\n

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