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Glass Mandalas, Red and Green

 Accession — Object: 1
Identifier: ART-2016-8-1

Content Description

Mandalas invite the eye to wander in a circle of spiral patterns, finding places where the design repeats itself. In each pattern, we can find the panes of the stained glass window that gives its colors to the design. Each mandala was created using a mathematical formula to reference pixels in the source photograph of the window, as well as its negative. Both mandalas have five-fold rotational symmetry, an uncommon choice in mandala design, but one that echoes the symmetry of the window, which was made from my design by Hans Schepker. Exhibition: SymmetryScapes West: an exhibition of mathematical art.

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Dates

  • 2016

Creator

Extent

1 Cubic Feet ; 20x20 in, 20x20 in, 8x8 in