Artists

Bob Sidenberg

Freelance Artist

Minneapolis, MN USA

silkmountainbob@gmail.com

http://www.silkmountain.net/

Statement

Since 1968 I have been exploring connections and intersections among 3-D geometric shapes. At the beginning I divided a cube along its diagonal into three identical shapes and started building. From that block many shapes emerged, notably the rhombic dodecahedron, the rhombic hexahedron, and many, many variations up and down the continuum. Recently, I've been examining the way cubic and hexahedral lattices intersect, fill space and expand to infinity.

Artworks

Image for entry 'Lattice I'

Lattice I

12" x12" x12"

Pine

2002

This expansion of the rhombic dodecahedron will grow infinitely through space, assuming there are enough trees on the planet to keep it going
Image for entry 'Hexnut'

Hexnut

24" x 24" x 24"

wood

1992

This is what happens when a bunch of rhombic hexahedra get together and decide to go for a walkabout
Image for entry 'Brucestar'

Brucestar

8" x 8" x 8"

poplar

1975

this piece begins an exploration of the intersection of hexahedral and cubic solids within a tetrahedral frame