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One of the things that I keep meaning to write about is Bathsheba Grossman’s amazing sculptures.
She creates some very interesting artwork and I have been a fan of her work for the longest time. For the most part, she creates sculptures that are inspired from math and science.
To that end, she has a math sculptures collection which features various “topologically-inspired” artwork. My personal favorite is the Soliton, which is simple, elegant and simply too beautiful to resist!
And there is also her math models collection, which, as the name suggests, has various math models. And since I do have a thing for minimal surfaces, I really like her Schwarz D Surface.
And as a (former, now dormant) graphics geek, I was also very impressed by her 120-Cell Sculpture. The only thing that could make that sculpture better is if one could play around and change the inner reference points for each inner layer.
Other than these, she also has an impressive collection of science and math inspired 3d models etched inside glass crystals. All the models are inspired from math or science and are just as fascinating.
Sadly, my favorite (the menger sponge, displayed above) is no longer available; however she has made available that and several other models as downloads.
I am rarely impressed by a lot of art-work trying to portray science, but Bathsheba’s work is truly awe-inspiring. Of course, that could be because she is someone who studied mathematics but became an artist.
So all you fine folks now know what to get me for Christmas! 
Take it back
Alamandrax Said,
December 7, 2007 @ 12:08 pm
ummm lump of coal?
because that’s what those things look like.
Alamandrax Said,
December 7, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
i mean they’re beautiful and all, but they still look like lumps of coal.
Karthik Narayanaswami Said,
December 7, 2007 @ 2:11 pm
Well, so are action figures. That doesn’t mean you can’t have fun with them.
Alamandrax Said,
December 10, 2007 @ 1:24 am
no no, i mean you’re actually ASKING for a lump of coal. you’re supposed to get those only if you’ve been bad this year right? how horrible have you been to actually expect nothing more than lumps of coal.
poor schrodigner. what have you been doing to him?
Bathsheba Sculpture - Milorad Ivović Said,
December 11, 2007 @ 4:55 pm
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