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  • tri unknot

    tri unknot

    A line broken by an inner negative space rotates to form an unknot, a continuous line with no overlapping. The component used as the basis for this piece, as well as the resulting structure, can be unraveled to form a loop. Tri Unknot will be on display in the McGhee Tyson Airport (TYS) starting June…

  • tri unicursal knot

    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.

  • layered multi polygon knot

    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.

  • unicursal hex knot

    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

    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

    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…

  • exploded hexahedron tiled with a plane-filling curve

    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. A single line bisects a hollow cube into two mirrored sections,…

  • chatoyant tercet knot

    chatoyant tercet knot

    the quintessential knot

  • triple knot listing band

    triple knot listing band

    three braided knots as a listing band

  • translucent listing band slice stack

    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…

  • reversed metatronic solid (hexahedron)

    reversed metatronic solid (hexahedron)

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

  • metatronic solid (tetrahedron)

    metatronic solid (tetrahedron)

    regular polyhedra tiled with knot patterns

  • tercet chain knot

    tercet chain knot

    copper knot inlaid in wood

  • self-intersecting tercet knots with encompassment

    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

    encompassed unicursal tercet knot

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

  • projected isometric tercet knot

    projected isometric tercet knot

    This is a double-lined, triple-component knot based on an isometric grid. The rules of knot making are slightly bent with the double line, but half the fun of making your own system is breaking its rules. It is “projected” is because its construction uses small wooden dowels to lift the individual pieces above the surface.…

  • unicursal pentad knot

    unicursal pentad knot

    Follow the line with your eye. The line is unicursal, meaning there’s only one line. At first you might be tempted to assume there are five sections, and of course there are, but the radial symmetry is just a property of this particular line. These are probably the most difficult knots to design because you…

  • tercet knot progression with self-similar encompassment

    tercet knot progression with self-similar encompassment

    knots entangled with smaller versions of themselves

  • illumination 2014

    illumination 2014

    circular piece with a lot of writing