Laura Marotta, Brian Redmond

Artists

Laura Marotta

Artist and Visual Arts Instructor

School of Applied Science and Technology, Fine Arts, Northwestern Polytechnic

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

lmarotta@nwpolytech.ca

https://www.laura-marotta.com/

Brian Redmond

Mathematics Instructor

School of Applied Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnic

Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada

bredmond@nwpolytech.ca

Statement

Artist Laura Marotta and mathematician Brian Redmond share an interest in geometric constraint. In the fall of 2022, they began exploring how to translate theoretical forms into tangible objects through the materials and methods of contemporary sculpture. Their collaboration honours mathematical elegance and offers geometric inquiry as aesthetic, playful, and approachable for a wide audience.

Artworks

Image for entry 'Left and Right' — Left and Right
23.0 x 46.0 x 23.0 cm
Acrylic, 3D printed resin and stainless steel screws.
2023

Left and Right are pentagonal hexecontahedra, each consisting of 60 identical floret pentagonal faces. Developed using physical and digital prototyping methods and assembled from laser-cut acrylic and custom 3D printed joinery, these two convex polyhedra are distinct forms—a left-handed and right-handed version—that mirror each other. Their transparent skins allow viewers to see into the form and experience its negative space and bubble-like volume.