Bridges 2026 Exhibition of Mathematical Art, Craft, and Design

Mark Sanders, Sarah Glaz

Artists

Mark Sanders

Independent artist

Rushden, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

sparkymarky236@outlook.com

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Sarah Glaz

Emeritus Professor of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics, The University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut, USA

sarah.glaz@uconn.edu

www2.math.uconn.edu

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Statement

The poet, Sarah Glaz, resides in the US. She is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Connecticut specializing in the area of commutative algebra. Her poetry is often inspired by mathematics and its history. Mark Sanders, from Northamptonshire, UK, is a collage and ceramic artist whose work engages with surrealism. His collage construction is driven by research and combines materials already in his stockpile with new components as required by the subject. This piece is part of their larger joint poem-collage project involving the ancient history of mathematics.

Artworks

Image for entry 'Enheduanna'

Enheduanna

29.2 x 49.6 x 0.0 cm

Digital print, collage materials, paper, ink

2026

Additional info

Enheduanna (ca. 2300 BCE), Mesopotamian high priestess of the moon god, Nanna, and daughter of King Sargon, is the first recorded author in world history. Her temple hymns that touch on mathematical ideas allow us to glimpse the complex beginning of mathematics in the voice of a culture that experienced it. In particular, Enheduanna’s Temple Hymn 42 illuminates the role of mathematicians at that time. The central figure in the calcite disk shown in the center of the collage is Enheduanna; the bronze head shown at the top left is that of King Sargon; both artifacts were found in a 1927 archeological excavation at the Sumerian city of Ur. The poem pays tribute to Enheduanna and to the mathematics of that era. More information at the link.