David Kaufman

Statement

I am an explorer. In 2017, a visit to the Smithsonian inspired me to explore symmetry and tessellations. I created an application called Polygonia.design, a collection of vector-based graphic design tools. The vision was to create physical versions of the designs made in Polygonia, something to manipulate and interact with, something to pick up and look at from different angles, something to set in the window or to wear. Every material and every medium becomes an area to explore. What could be done with wood? Paper? Acrylic? Fabric? 3D printing? How could designs be layered? How will the shapes within the designs interact with each other? Should the focus be on the negative space or the positive? The possibilities are endless.

Artworks

A truncated octahedron, with eight identical hexagon faces and six nearly identical square faces. This piece is an exploration of the newly released three color PLA filament for 3D printing. The color changes with the viewing angle.