Briony Thomas
As a designer, with a background in textiles, I am fascinated by the fundamental concept of symmetry and its application in the creation of patterns. This recent work explores the possibilities of patterns repeating in three-dimensions, around the faces of mathematical solids
Inspired by a novel approach to the description of viral capsid assembly proposed by Twarock, the faces of this rhombic triacontahedron are tessellated with kites, darts and rhombs. The Islamic-inspired design used on the two types of face tiles was also inspired by biological imagery adapted by Twarock, which is reminiscent of Islamic interlace patterns.
This piece was created through manipulation of the virology-inspired tiling used in Reidun #1. The tiling has been manipulated in the plane to form a p6m repeating design.