Tumbling Blocks

A rhombille tiling: each hexagon is three rhombi, and the sheet reads as a stack of cubes.

Tumbling Blocks: A rhombille tiling: each hexagon is three rhombi, and the sheet reads as a stack of cubes.Tumbling Blocks: A rhombille tiling: each hexagon is three rhombi, and the sheet reads as a stack of cubes.

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Tumbling Blocks, rhombille tiling, drawn by GART: A rhombille tiling: each hexagon is three rhombi, and the sheet reads as a stack of cubes.
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The rhombille tiling: every hexagon is three 60° rhombi meeting at its centre. Shade the three faces and the honeycomb reads as cubes; tumble flips a cell’s split so some blocks pop the other way.

Unfold
One hexagon, three rhombi. Tile the hex and the honeycomb is a pile of cubes.