Wednesday, January 5, 2011

inspirations

Comment on previous blog entry prompted me to point out some of the wonderful work by others that inspires me. I am not claiming it will be a full list and not in any particular order.
In the very first fiber art exhibit I was invited to participate I saw wonderful sculptures by Blanka Sperkova:

Curator of the exhibit had displayed our works next to each other and on the opening night several people asked me - do you know each other?  No, we never met, I wish one day we would.
Then learned about Ruth Asawa:

She had an exhibition I very much wish I saw.
When I see ceramic sculptures by Eva Hild, they always seem to trigger something familiar to me:

In 2006 at Gathering for Gardner I met Brent Collins and later also Carlo Sequin and learned more about their collaboration:
About the same time I met also George Hart.
Lately his sculptures are more with computer aided and 3-D printing possibility inspired touch, which lets to create big collective fun works for all ages. George has such enthusiasm for popularizing art and mathematics - I am eagerly waiting for Museum of Mathematics to open in 2012!
I am very happy to see that George's daughter Vi Hart is know following her father's footsteps with her own creative work. I like her doodles very much


Math inspires artists to create sculptures in different media - I am finding fascinating Desiree Hope glass sculptures inspired by geometric forms:



If I am looking for mathematics and art connections, one of my favorite places is ISAMA page - wealth of information! Online journal on this page Hyperseeing - not to be missed! So do BRIDGES.
Of course, I can go on and on, but enough for now :-).

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