"There were several motivations behind the spiral. The first was an interest in the spiral patterns of both Celtic and Islamic art, and a desire to create a similar effect with as few rules as possible"<p>Quasi-periodic Islamic wall tilings are a whole interesting black hole, e.g. see this paper <a href="https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1135491" rel="nofollow">https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1135491</a><p>This really resonates with me. Unfortunately "the two cultures" polarizes people into viewing artists as airheads doing random artifacts or mathematicians as weirdos working on mostly useless stuff - the "I'm bad at math" confession to bond with people is common.<p>How can we encourage more people to study both art & math? Or Humanities and Science in general, e.g. English and Biology?<p>I've always fantasized about having $10M discretionary money (haven't done the math, really, just a random figure) and opening a "Arts and Sciences Academy", which would be a high school where Arts trivium (music, literature, sculpture) would be studied on equal footing and intertwined with Sciences trivium (math, physics, biology) - I know an eclectic mix.<p>I don't know why the very rich not pursue setting up schools like this?
A fellow mathematical sculptor is Carlo Séquin [0].
Also Jos Leys' mathematical imagination is an explorative wonderland [1].<p>[0]: <a href="https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/" rel="nofollow">https://people.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/</a>
[1]: <a href="https://www.josleys.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.josleys.com</a>
Someone suggested sharing this gallery into this thread <a href="https://mathemalchemy.org/2022/01/19/mathematical-connections-cavalcade/" rel="nofollow">https://mathemalchemy.org/2022/01/19/mathematical-connection...</a>
I feel compelled to plug a sculptor I've been a fan of since college: <a href="https://www.bathsheba.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bathsheba.com/</a><p>They have a lot of more or less mathematically inspired metal sculptures for sale, for instance a functioning Klein bottle opener: <a href="https://www.bathsheba.com/math/klein/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bathsheba.com/math/klein/</a>
I'm reminded of this cringe shirt that shows up in the ads I see quite a bit: <a href="https://www.geeksoutfit.com/products/the-great-fibonacci-wave-t-shirt" rel="nofollow">https://www.geeksoutfit.com/products/the-great-fibonacci-wav...</a>.<p>The ads usually feature several shirts. The above one, and 5 others that advertise the wearer is an asshole (e.g. <a href="https://www.geeksoutfit.com/products/my-level-of-sarcasm-is-based-on-your-level-of-stupidity-t-shirt" rel="nofollow">https://www.geeksoutfit.com/products/my-level-of-sarcasm-is-...</a>).
People sometimes combine two fields of study to create something novel and intriguing. However, such combinations often fall short, failing to satisfy the standards of either field.<p>Unfortunately, the typical art audience rarely appreciates the elegance of mathematical theorems, especially when they deal with something as complex as, say, the Riemann hypothesis. Similarly, scientists often struggle to understand the appeal of performance art, where an artist might, for instance, stare at an apple for an hour.<p>It is one thing that there is not enough audience for a niche thing, but the lack of criticism is even worse in my opinion.<p>I'm probably being a bit too harsh here, and I'm probably just jealous, but it's something that keeps frustrating me. "Circuit-bending" [1] was a particular annoying crossover of art and electronics that still makes me shudder. Using the golden ratio for no good reason is also up there.<p>[1] <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_bending" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_bending</a>