Ode to Penrose #190
Ode to Penrose is a celebration of the natural beauty of aperiodic tilings, especially of the ones discovered by Sir Roger Penrose. These tilings lie at the intersection of complex mathematical problems and gorgeous visual aesthetics arising from finite amounts of simple objects.
This project introduces novel ways to use Penrose tiles. Unlike in traditional deterministic usage of these tiles, stochasticity plays a very important part of the script. Randomness can affect things like the total amount of the tiles used, their orientation, coloring, and size. Familiar patterns can be witnessed in some outputs and yet they are completely absent in others. Despite this, perhaps surprisingly, each output could be completed into a traditional Penrose tiling without erasing any lines.
Provenance
Collected 2026-04-23 on OpenSea.
Minted 2022-06-25 on Art Blocks, on Ethereum by
Entered the vault 2026-07-17.
Minted 2022-06-25 on Art Blocks, on Ethereum by
0x0cbe1fba…1a68.Entered the vault 2026-07-17.
Collection
Ode to Penrose by uMathA
Archive
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The story
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2022-06-25
Made & minted on Art Blocks
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2022-07-13
Sold to
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… through 7 more collectors …
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2025-04-22
Sold to
0x694e64…ce3f -
2026-04-23
Collected on OpenSea by Aaron (along7.eth)
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2026-07-17
Moved into the vault for safekeeping
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2026-07-18
Archived in this gallery — checksum
94c1be613101