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Category Archives: geometry
Structural Constellation – Josef Albers
Structural Constellation, machine engraved vinylite and wood, 1963 A selection of these works were on view at the Lewis Glucksman gallery for the exhibition The Sacred Modernist: Josef Albers as a Catholic Artist.
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Temari Balls
“Temari balls are a traditional Japanese craft in which colored thread is applied to a sphere in a geometric pattern. This is a modern example, given to me by the Japanese master Kiyoko Urata.” Taken from a post by George … Continue reading
Unusual Geometric Shapes
This animated image shows a structure called a hyperboloid of one sheet. It is a curved form made up of only straight lines and is one of several strucutre discussed in this blog post by “Miss Cellania” (via boingboing).
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A Geometry of the Pitted, Pocked, and Broken Up
This quote from James Gleick’s book Chaos refers to the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot who is considered the “father of fractal geometry”. I think its interesting to think about in relation to contemporary sculpture. Clouds are not spheres, Mandelbrot is fond of saying, … Continue reading
D’arcy Wentworth Thompson
These illustrations by D’Arcy Wenworth Thompson show the shapes made by drops of ink in water (left) and the tentacles of a jellyfish (right). They are taken from a book called Chaos: The Amazing Science of the Unpredictable by James Gleick.