Artists
Gabriele Meyer
Senior Lecturer Emerita
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Statement
I like to crochet hyperbolic surfaces and make linocuts of sea shells. In both these types of objects it’s the smooth curves, patterns and the lights and shadows that have attracted me for decades. The smooth curves and patterns are a part of mathematics, of my work life. For this Bridges, in North America, I am submitting two large hyperbolic surfaces, because I have new work and because I can bring bring them.
Artworks
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This triangle is an example of a hyperbolic surface. It was crocheted with rows of doubles and triples with chain stitches which gives this an airy feel and also allows us to see more of the hyperbolic structure as the light goes through the surface. Again the play of light and shadow on the smooth curves are what attracted me. For more support of the surface I sewed a rib (plastic wire with singles crocheted around it) to one side of the surface across the crocheted rows of the surface. Think about the crosswise grid for CAD designed surfaces.
Blue ring
84.0 x 84.0 x 36.0 cm
yarn, plastic line, metal ring
2020
This surface was crocheted around a metal ring in the center. The color pattern is based on the integers modulo 6 with the ring partitioned into six equal spaced regions [0], [1], [2], ..., [5]. I crocheted two spiral rows simultaneously,
spiral one with colors a (regions 0, 1), b, (regions 2, 3), c (regions 4, 5)
spiral two with colors d (regions 5, 0), e (regions 1, 2), f (regions 3, 4)
after 2k rows with this color configurations, I changed the configuration for the next 2l rows, k, l positive integers.