Robert Fathauer

Statement

My work explores the mathematics of symmetry, knots, fractals, tessellations and more, blending it with plant and animal forms as well as inorganic forms found in nature. This synthesis allows me to create innovative prints and sculptures that derive their beauty from a combination of complexity and underlying order. My goal is to use mathematics in my work in a manner that is compelling to those who understand it but does not serve as an impediment to those who don't.

Artworks

This hand-built, unglazed ceramic Möbius strip has caning pegs inserted in holes near its edge. The pegs define a second Möbius strip with an implied surface that is orthogonal to that of the ceramic strip at every point.

This hand-built, unglazed ceramic ribbon describes the edges of a Möbius strip and supports strings of jasper beads that define the surface of the strip.