Corinna Beuermann-Kulp
In my free time I create and sew unique mathematical geometrical toys
for children 5 years old and older. Together with the mathematical
institute of the University in Göttingen, I developed the
"Kindergarten Koffer" - a suitcase with different puzzles: 8
mathemagic cubes, 1 Pentomino, 1 Sudoku, the magnetic dodecagon and
the Maths Pie. I made many spheres with different tilings on the
surface, and edge models from polyhedra. My hobby is sewing stellated
polyhedra, quilts and other robust, elastic, haptic and soft
toys/puzzles! My circular quilt: "Da staunst Du - 29 Bauklötze!" was
shown in Germany during the year of math in 2008. I have enjoyed the
bridges conference in Jyväskylä, Waterloo, Stockholm and Linz.
My puzzle shows a photo of 101 marble stones. Inspired in the
pandemic to visualize a virus mutating to produce many variants, I
designed odd little owls. Each painted owl is represented by a
genetic code that specifies its appearance. The belly color
corresponds to the ones digit, the back color to the tens digit.
For example, yellow represents the number 0 and light green the
number 9. If the owl has a yellow back and green belly, it's the
number 09. If the owl has a green back and yellow belly, it's the
number 90. In the bottom right corner there is a completely green
owl: the number 99. I replaced the Arabic numerals with Greek
letters to create names for 101 Steinkauz mutations. Missing
puzzle pieces result in gaps in the owl family.