Caroline Bowen
I graduated from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 2016 with
my bachelors in math and academic physics with a minor in studio art.
My intentions as an artist are to share and explore the beauty of
mathematical physics through sculpture, using a wide variety of media
including alcohol ink, Mylar plastic film, acrylic rod, 3D-printed
PLA, thread, beads, and colored cardstock.
This piece is an illustration of the function sin(xy), created
using a sculptural technique inspired by Riemann sums, a kind of
approximation. Based on plans generated by a Python script, square
acrylic rod was cut to precise lengths in 1 mm increments using a
model railroad tie chopper, then dyed using alcohol ink blends
carefully formulated to give the sculpture an "inner glow" when
viewed under ambient light. After dyeing, the rods were hammered
into a 3D-printed base using a rubber mallet.