RUBIK’s Cube a piece of Rock History

2 Comments By Amarnath on December 16th, 2009 in Arts and Crafts

Rubik's Cube

Rubik's cube

Rubik’s Cube originally developed by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Erno Rubik in the year 1974, as the famous 3-D mechanical puzzle which on January 2009 became the world’s top selling puzzle and is also considered to be the world’s best selling toy. In a classic Rubik’s cube, there are six faces covered by 9 stickers among six solid colors which are white, red, blue, orange, green and yellow. But doesn’t this Rubik’s cube look a bit different?

Rubik's Cube

This one is probably not for solving but is a masterpiece of sculptor art made by Marshall Astor - Food Pornographer. This has been hand cast in white bronze in such a way which makes it have an unstable and rough surface although it has even shrunk. After the pieces were cast in bronze and then assembled, the cube was buried in a mixture consisting of dirt, various acids and salts inside of a hand made birch box which had been specially designed to keep the environment moist and humid but it also allowed some passage of air and water for about a year. Marshall Astor completed this piece during his collage years in 1999. This is creativity at its height and really has mesmerized me.

Rubik's Cube