Mircea Draghicescu
Artists
Statement
Using common materials and recycled objects, I try to find new ways of combining simple shapes into mathematically inspired works of art. I am currently working on some sculptures that can be seen as either polyhedra models or 3-D knots. A paper describing this work will appear in the Bridges 2020 proceedings.
Artworks
![Image for entry 'Whirling leaves'](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubmit.bridgesmathart.org%2Frails%2Factive_storage%2Fblobs%2Fproxy%2FeyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MzU5OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ%3D%3D--dfed30aa8cc319f9323fa2e76e83fa2630389b0d%2Fbridges.jpg&w=1536&q=75)
24 paper golden rhombi connected with a single loop of string. The centers of the leaves correspond to the vertices of a polyhedron (*), while the connecting string forms a knot (**).
(*) A rectified elongated hexagonal pyramid (the rectification of the self-dual polyhedron obtained by attaching a hexagonal prism to the base of a hexagonal pyramid).
(**) A "Turk's head" knot with 5 leads and 6 bights.