Alex Guerten
Artists
Statement
I studied graphic-design and mathematics, so I'm always happy, to combine these two disciplines.
Artworks
![Image for entry '3D-Spirograph'](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubmit.bridgesmathart.org%2Frails%2Factive_storage%2Fblobs%2Fproxy%2FeyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDI1NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ%3D%3D--148b1e0ff641e67b4ece1026abf0738881928ac2%2Fspirograph3d-alex_guerten.jpg&w=1536&q=75)
This is my attempt to translate the classical Spirograph into the third dimension.
Like in the classical setup, we have a point on a disc running along a curve, but in this setup we use a closed space-curve instead of a circle. The curve has a Normal-field, that gives us the orientation for the disc.
In principle this should work for any closed space-curve, but to capture the feeling of the classical Spirograph, I have restricted myself to closed space-curves on the sphere, with a normal-field pointing outwards.
![Image for entry '3D-Escher-Dogs'](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubmit.bridgesmathart.org%2Frails%2Factive_storage%2Fblobs%2Fproxy%2FeyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDI1OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ%3D%3D--cd76cabd7b3e6f86f73048746d23895ee9822383%2Fescher_dogs-alex-guerten.jpg&w=1536&q=75)
This is a 3D Version of Eschers tessellation pictures, using different layers to achieve a volumetric figure. It is a further development to last years figures, since the figures fit together forwards and backwards.