2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Edmund Harriss
Artists
Edmund Harriss
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Art
University of Arkansas
Statement
Mathematician, Teacher, Artist, Maker. I like to play with the ways that the arts can reveal the often hidden beauty of mathematics and that mathematics can be used to produce interesting or beautiful art.
Artworks
Sakura
12x15 inches
Inkjet on Washi paper
2007
Colour pattern created using the hierarchy of the Penrose tiling. The colours reflect those found when a Cherry (Sakura) leaf is fired in Japanese tenmoku glaze.
Oval with orthogonal lines
17x8x1 inches
Walnut
2014
A family of lines, all orthogonal to concentric ovals, cut into an oval of walnut.
Three studies in CNC milling
6x6x1, 4x4x4, 4x4x3 inches
Oak and red cedar
2014
Three designs showing patterns that can be obtained running a CNC mill along lines. For the first two pieces the lines are defined purely mathematically. For the third the lines are constructed by an algorithm to lie at right angles to the grain.