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 piece was made by pressing and rolling three differently-sized wooden cubes on a slab of clay. With the cubes not visible under my hand, the details of the trails were largely random. One inspiration for this piece is fractals, with similar features at different scales. Another is asemic writing, as the markings evoke cuneiform tablets but carry no meaning.