Onye Ndika

Statement

As an artist, I enjoy pondering aspects of geometric complexity in nature as well as modern & industrial design. More than anything else, I enjoy creating with glass beads. The majority of my pieces are explorations and representations of platonic & Archimedean geometry, and experiments with hydrocarbon structures such as graphene. My desire is to integrate an analytical process with my creative intuition in order to manifest high-quality, sculptural art pieces that are functional, thought-provoking, inspirational and engaging. This is simply one of the many gifts God has given to me; I believe strongly that creating this art is my life’s purpose. I want to use my creative abilities to inspire others that wish to do the same.

Artworks

A meditative exploration of the duality between cubes and cuboctahedrons. At the center of this construction is a cuboctahedron. Each pillar-like protrusion is stitched by layering tetrahedrons. The six square pillars occupy the XYZ planes, as is the nature of cubes. The eight triangular pillars create the points of the enmeshed cuboctahedron. Each pillar has a twin placed with oppositional symmetry within its plane (i.e. two of each square pillar, two of each triangular pillar). Each of the somewhat rhombic spaces between these pillars is occupied by a mermaid glass bead to add weight, stability and a 'smoothing of her edges.'