2022 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Carolyn Yackel
Artists
Statement
I find mathematics to be incredibly beautiful and exciting. I believe that this feeling comes from the interplay of observing that which is expected together with elements of surprise or incongruity. I try to create the same feelings through mathematical art pieces through the use of calming symmetries used in tandem with free form shapes.
Artworks
There Were Angels' Wings
20 x 20 x 22 cm
Cardstock
2021
This laser cut rhombic triacontahedron was assembled from ten identical tabbed pieces. I conjecture that this is the smallest number of congruent flat pieces that will allow for assembly tabs. Finding solutions to the ill-defined polyhedral decomposition problem of which net pieces allow for assembly tabs is important for efficient design of laser-cut solid models.