Neil deGrasse Tyson praises students’ intricate Rubik’s cube mosaic of his face
The astrophysicist called it “simultaneously freaky, creepy and geeky”.
A group of students who made a beautifully intricate Rubik’s cube mosaic of Neil deGrasse Tyson’s face got more than they bargained for – praise from the man himself.
Reddit user Thetrufflehunter made the artwork in a group of 10 students from his school, using 625 of the puzzle cubes to make the masterpiece.
“Dr Tyson himself even commented.”
“In the elective I taught 10 students with no prior knowledge how to solve Rubik’s cubes,” he said. “Once they were confident, we found a template online for the mosaic of Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson and got right to work.
“With 10 people it actually went pretty fast, and we finished the full mosaic in about an hour and a half.”
He sourced the Rubik’s cubes for the artworks through a crowdfunding campaign that raised $700 (£518) for the original project.
