Bridges 2024 Exhibition of Mathematical Art, Craft, and Design
Sabetta Matsumoto
Artists
Sabetta Matsumoto
Associate Professor of Physics
School of Physics, Georgia Tech
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Statement
Sabetta Matsumoto is an associate professor in the School of Physics at Georgia Institute of Technology. Her physics research centers around the relationship between geometry and material properties in soft systems, including liquid crystals, 3D printing and textiles. Her lab studies knitted textiles from the point of view of knot theory and as an additive manufacturing technique. She is also interested in using sewing, 3D printing and virtual reality in mathematical art and education.
Artworks
Two Genus-Two Zippered Surfaces
38.0 x 50.0 x 12.0 cm
Fabric and Zippers
2023
These two zippered surfaces are made from fleece. When they are flat, the grey and white one is an octagon with hyperbolic edges, and the multi-colored one is dodecagon made from 6 hyperbolic squares. The outer edges of each surface have zippers sewn onto them. When zipped together, both blankets close to form genus-two surfaces. The grey and white one has a two-handled torus appearance with a point of 180° rotational symmetry at its center, and the multi-colored one is triangular and has C3 symmetry.