Richard Hammack
Artists
Richard Hammack
Professor of Mathematics
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Statement
I see my recent work as being closely aligned with printmaking. A piece begins as a LaTeX source code, which is typeset, laser-printed, cut, folded and glued. The objects in this submission are envelopes that are intended to be disseminated through the mail (with the postmarked stamp a stand-in for an edition number). They are therefore---by necessity---flat.
Artworks
This work consists of a card-stock box containing a dozen paper envelopes, each a topologically accurate (but flat) realization of a closed surface, such as a torus, Klein bottle or projective plane, etc. The envelopes are designed to be sent through the mail. However, for the purpose of this exhibition, I envision them arrayed on a table so that viewers can pick them up and examine them.