The impossible objects shop
A short list of books, drawing kit and puzzles for fans of impossible objects. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Books & kit
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Books
- Books on impossible figures (affiliate link)Impossible triangles, stairs and forks, and how they are made.
- Optical illusion books (affiliate link)Big picture books of illusions, with the explanations.
- Books about M.C. Escher (affiliate link)His life and work, with the prints this site only describes in words.
- Illusion books for children (affiliate link)Picture books and first guides; check the age range.
- Books by and about Roger Penrose (affiliate link)From tilings to black holes.
Draw your own
- Isometric dot and graph paper (affiliate link)The paper the draw-your-own page uses: a triangle grid of dots.
- Drawing pencils (affiliate link)A set of grades for clean lines and shading.
- Clear rulers (affiliate link)For straight edges on the dot grid.
- Erasers (affiliate link)For the lines you will rub out. Useless approves.
- Illusion colouring books (affiliate link)Shade the faces and watch the shapes come alive.
- Colouring pencils (affiliate link)Three tones are all an impossible triangle needs.
Gifts and fun
- Penrose triangle models (affiliate link)Small desk models that only close from one angle.
- Brain-teaser puzzles (affiliate link)Wooden and metal puzzles that look impossible.
- Escher jigsaws (affiliate link)Waterfall or Relativity, one piece at a time.
- Escher calendars and posters (affiliate link)His prints, for the wall.
- Monument Valley (affiliate link)The game built on impossible figures.
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