Joseph Clinton
The transformation and unity of all things begin with the connection &
relationship between the physical and metaphysical duality of
Universe.
All that is physical is energy, and all that is matter is the
manifestation of energy.
All that is metaphysical are the instructions for behavior of
transformations, connections and relationships defining the language
for the manifestation between the physical and metaphysical.
As the physical and metaphysical make connection their relationship
initiates a transformation of energy to take on a form that we can
measure.
I seek to find the language expressing the rules and order in the
manifestation.
This piece is one of a series of studies of Father Magnus J.
Wenninger’s {3,5+}16,0“Order-in-Chaos, Stage 2” polyhedral
sculpture in preparation for raising funds for its realization as
a sculpture.The ‘Order-in-Chaos’ spherical polyhedron is 3-D
printed in nylon of a triangulated geodesic {3,5+}16,0 polyhedron
with some triangles removed.
The support base is also 3-D printed in nylon. The mathematical
function used is a rotation around the y axis of a spherical
Bessel function of the third kind. The two forms are attached
using Neodymium magnets for ease of exchanging models.
Father Magnus J. Wenninger’s sculpture will be made of mirror
polished titanium and located outside of the north Peter Engel
Science Center on the campus of St
This sculpture was inspired by a memory. At that time a desert butte was kissed by the stars. The four stars seem close enough to touch in the clear night sky. Their mathematical geometry is from the tetrahedral ‘stellated-polycylinderhedron’ series of intersections of its symmetry axes. Any symmetry axes set or combination of sets will define a ‘stellated-polycylinderhedron’ by the Boolean operations of the union of axes sets followed by an intersection of the combined axes sets. Positioned clockwise around the butte are the celestial stars depicted by; edge & vertex axes cylinder stellations, edge & face axes cylinder stellations, face & vertex axes cylinder stellations, edge, vertex & face axes cylinder stellations.