Mircea Draghicescu
I try to find new ways of combining simple shapes into
mathematically-inspired sculptures.
I am especially interested in "universal" systems that can generate
many forms based on a single shape and/or connection mechanism.
The resulting structures derive their appeal from the mathematical
principles of elegance, generality and economy of resources.
The steel wires in each mobile component form a central
tetrahedron, cube, and octahedron, respectively.
The tension that makes a polyhedron hold its shape tightly around
its midsphere is provided by the paper polygons which correspond
to the faces of the dual polyhedron (distorted here for aesthetic
reasons).
This method of intertwining tensioned elements can be used, in
principle, to create similar sculptures based on any convex
polyhedron.