Physical mathematical art

[Smaug Ichorfang]

Take a break from doing taxes and look at another form of mathematics*. here is an art exhibit from the American Mathematical Society - Mathematical Association of America, Joint Mathematics Meeting. Some of these are wood (on topic), but they're all fascinating. see:

's some more, but done with an amazing high tech metal fabrication process. (I have a birthday coming up if anyone has some spare change - grin) * I'm really good at (and really tired of) typing mathematics now....

[John]

1. The works are listed by artist, not materials.

It might be a wonderful exhibit, but I won't waste hours on a site the gives an error message on almost every page (4 out of 5 that I tried).

Maybe another day - when they have it working...

[Phisherman]

Which ones use WOOD mediums?

[Smaug Ichorfang]

Phisherman wrote in news: [e-mail]:

one is made from paper but could be made from wood but could be made from wood 't know what it's made from, again - could be from wood

Just because it's not a box, chair, or turning, *doesn't* mean you couldn't make it from wood. Try cutting a tetrahedron on your table saw (or bandsaw). I've been interested in veneering and marquetry, and have been considering how to execute Escher-style tiling - look at

for ideas on tiling and wallpaper. These designs, like a lot of things JoaT posts can serve as inspiration for a new project - not as templates to be exactly duplicated.