multi-dimensional hex knots

Two sets of interlocked hexagonal rings traverse three color fields.

The flat painting and the sculptural painting are versions of the same knot using 2d and 3d grids. However, the 3d knot is not a projection of the 2d knot on a solid object. It’s more like the 3d knot is wrapped with a version of the knot that conforms to a grid on its surface.

I did two small versions of the 2d knot. The more black and white one is spray paint; the one with more colors is acrylic paint and pencil.

I have used a for similar to this one as a base to hold up a few other smaller sculptures. It’s great because it can hold a cube, sits flat on a surface, and is easy to construct. This one was much larger than previous ones.

This is what I used as a guide. Measuring would have been a recipe for disaster. Draping the guide over the piece let me have some actual wiggle room.

I always feel bad for my templates. So much work goes in to them and they just get recycled. I try to make it up to them by taking one last portrait before they hit the bin.

walkaround of the finished sculptural painting

Limited edition serigraph prints of this design are available on the online shop of the Arts & Culture Alliance.

A small version of the 2d painting was on display in the City County Building in Knoxville in 2023. It is also available for purchase on the online shop of the Arts & Culture Alliance.