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14 short pieces for traditional and electronic instruments
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Motivation / Goals Identifying a challenge For me, making a new artwork begins with a question I don’t immediately know the answer to. It ends with the artwork as the proof that the answer I came up with is true. The middle part, figuring it out, is often more time consuming than shaping the actual […]
tri unknot

A line broken by an inner negative space rotates to form an unknot, a continuous line with no overlapping. The component, as well as the resulting structure, can be unraveled to form a loop. The unknot at home in the studio:
tri unicursal knot

A unicursal line is inlaid in copper on the face of a hollow truncated tetrahedron. The knot creates a cognitive visual illusion of three shapes versus two. The illusion that there are sort of 3 shapes but only really 1 is something I like about this one. It’s a simple knot that makes a single […]
knot theories II

2021 solo show
layered multi polygon knot

A group of three similar polygons rotate to form a knot. Multiple glass layers show colors, the knot itself, and a faint outline.
metatronic solid (hexahedron)

Four lines make a reversed knot pattern covering all faces of a hexahedron, regardless of rotation (this same pattern can tile a plane). One of my most basic rules for knot creation is that knot lines only cross one another in pairs. Any more than two lines appearing to overlap in the same place doesn’t […]
unicursal hex knot

A self-intersecting line rotates to create a hexagonal shape. The line can be followed from any point all the way around to loop back to its beginning. This was another experiment involving cut paper on charred wood. My first attempt at realizing this design was with wire in encaustic medium, shown here. Even though it […]
tri angle polygonal knot

A parallelogram and a triangular line rotate to create an overall triangular shape. Encaustic medium covers gilded ink. My first step was putting the main design down in ink. (I phrased the media used in this piece as “Patty Ink” because it once belonged to Pat Lauderdale, someone who always encouraged my artistic endeavors. She […]
lattice tile

One component of an interlocking tile extends its connectors and uses color variations to imply depth and an isometric perspective. Stained veneer is inlaid in a wood background. This piece involves a bit of experimentation with an isometric knot. The interlocking square shapes require more than one color to give the effect that they are […]
knot tiling triangle-faced polyhedra

A single shape tiles the faces of all three equilateral triangle-faced regular polyhedra with knots.
exploded hexahedron tiled with a plane-filling curve

A single line bisects a hollow cube into two mirrored sections, revealing a second, smaller solid cube inside which supports the three pieces when suspended from the top corner. The bisecting line (curve) is plane-filling, and each face of the exploded hexahedron is identical. Put another way, when the 2 black pieces are fit together […]
tile hexahedron

A cube or rectangular solid of any size can be created from any multiple of this component. This one uses 24 components and makes a cube. It’s always a little hard to tell what you’re looking at with sculptures, so this video shows multiple angles:
scale tile listing band

Twenty-three identical scales are tied together in a continuous loop representing a non-orientable surface. A pattern of accented hexagons covers interlocking segments which twist and bend in an infinite knot. This band is smaller than others I have done so far, so it is self-supporting and can be displayed resting on a surface or suspended […]
tri spiral unicursal knot

The design is an experiment in using spirals in combination with radial symmetry to produce a unicursal knot. Usually I base knot designs like this off of circles and polygons, so this was a new challenge. I originally used this design for some cut paper stationery, shown here. Wanting to take things up a notch, […]
KAANP March 2021

Here I am on a podcast talking about art and music. It’s proof that I can ramble on for at least an hour. Thanks to Thomas Zachary for asking me to do this. The artwork I’m talking the most about can be seen on the Knot Theories page.
MWS 2021 Submissions

unicursal tri spiral knot 39″ diameter x 3/4″ thick chestnut background with mahogany design and ipe frame metatronic solid – hexahedron 6-3/4″ cube poplar – a single tile giving the illusion of 4 overlapping lines over a solid’s faces unicursal isometric knot (hexagon) 37″ outside diameter x 1″ thick walnut with copper inlay
Visual Art Samples for GSMNP AIR Application

Click on photos for high resolution images. View more information on each piece by following links on underlined titles. metatronic solid face (dodecahedron) wood (poplar, oak, Vietnamese plywood), anodized aluminum 26″ x 33″ metatronic solid (tetrahedron) wood (walnut) 9.798″ tetrahedron
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knot theories

an exploration of partial-dimensional geometries This work was on display during March, 2021 at The Emporium Gallery in downtown Knoxville. Here is a brief explanation of the show: Knots are continuous lines twisted in such a way to give the illusion of lines overlapping in the same plane. Using a formalized system of knot creation, […]
chatoyant tercet knot

the quintessential knot
triple knot listing band

three braided knots as a listing band
translucent listing band slice stack

Perfectly symmetrical listing bands are difficult to display because of one of those things that bring us all down, like gravity. But, if you could slice one (or really anything that’s hard to balance) up, you could stack the slices and create the illusion of a dimensional solid. The video explains a lot: The first […]
collapsible scale listing band (deconstructed)

deconstructed listing band segment
reversed metatronic solid (hexahedron)

how to create a piece of art that you can see from all angles?
metatronic solid faces

isolated polyhedra faces
metatronic solid (tetrahedron)

regular polyhedra tiled with knot patterns
tercet chain knot

copper knot inlaid in wood
self-intersecting tercet knots with encompassment

You have to cheat a little to give the illusion of self-intersecting lines made out of a single piece of paper….
encompassed unicursal tercet knot

Ideal viewing conditions for this piece: strong sunlight with a nearby shadow to reflect in.