Hanusa Design

Biography

Hanusa Design turns mathematical concepts into wearable pieces of art. Our unique products feature striking designs inspired by the beauty and precision of mathematics. We use computational software to generate the underlying structure of each piece and then harness the power of 3D printing technology to bring the jewelry to life. Our mathematical jewelry is informed by concepts and cutting edge research in mathematics. Our pieces conceptualize geometric forms, fractals, tessellations, architecture, and mathematics appearing out in the world. The concepts are translated into their mathematical essence and are digitally rendered in Wolfram Mathematica before being 3D printed, assembled, and packaged. Hanusa Design jewelry is sold in a variety of museum gift shops, art galleries, and stores, including the National Museum of Mathematics in New York, NY, the Queens Museum in Queens, NY, Gallery North in Setauket, NY, Because Science in Vienna, VA, and in the Wolfram Store in Champaign, IL. The whole collection of jewelry is available at hanusadesign.com. Hanusa Design was started in 2017 by Christopher Hanusa, a professor of mathematics at Queens College of the City University of New York. His research is in algebraic and enumerative combinatorics and he is an internationally exhibited mathematical artist.

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Apollonian Necklace

Silver

2021

An Apollonian circle packing is a particular type of circle packing that is generated systematically from an initial collection of four circles that all touch each other at one point - an outer circle and three inner circles. The rest of the circles are generated by removing one of the four circles and finding a replacement circle that touches each of the others. This process continues indefinitely with smaller and smaller circles filling up the entirety of the larger circle. In this necklace we show off a part of a random Apollonian circle packing; the outer circle forms the bottom curve of the necklace. The pendant is created through a lost-wax casting process, with molten silver replacing a high-resolution 3D printed wax model, and completed with a sterling silver chain.

Bubbly Apollonian Earrings

Silver

2021

An Apollonian circle packing is a particular type of circle packing that is generated systematically from an initial collection of four circles that all touch each other at one point - an outer circle and three inner circles. The rest of the circles are generated by removing one of the four circles and finding a replacement circle that touches each of the others. This process continues indefinitely with smaller and smaller circles filling up the entirety of the larger circle. These earrings are a mismatched pair where the initial collection of circles is generated randomly. Due to artistic considerations and real world constraints, only a finite number of circles have been generated in each of the circle packings. Furthermore, the outermost circle has been removed to provide a bubbly feel. These earrings are created through a lost-wax casting process, with molten silver replacing a high-resolution 3D printed wax model, and finished with sterling silver earwire.