Onye Ndika

Statement

As an artist, I enjoy pondering aspects of geometric complexity in nature as well as modern & industrial design. My favorite medium is glass beads. The majority of my pieces are explorations and representations of platonic & Archimedean geometry, and experiments with hydrocarbon structures such as graphene. I integrate analytical process with my creative intuition for the purpose of manifesting high-quality, sculptural art pieces that are functional, thought-provoking, inspirational, and engaging. I believe strongly that creating this art is my life’s purpose. I want to use my creative abilities to inspire others that wish to do the same. I do. Because I think. I can. Create What makes me. What I Am.

Artworks

Inspired by a previous series of my own work, called Particles. Fellow Bridges bead-artist Laura Shea refers to said structures as Eureka Beads. The structure involves weaving the Buckminsterfullerene structure (a spherical C-60 molecule) and then weaving dodecahedrons onto the pentagonal faces. In this more ornamental expression, I have created a multilayered dodecahedron, then woven "stylized pillars" onto each of the twelve pentagonal faces. Each pillar is also multilayered, slightly tapered, and capped with a pentagonal star.