Saturday, December 3, 2011

Geometric Manifolds

seven shades of purple, 40x40x20 cm, 2005, wool
photo @Daina Taimina
Autumn in the air, 40x40x35 cm, 2010, wool
photo @Daina Taimina
manifolds, 2009-2010,
photo @Daina Taimina

The following 7 models are series Manifold I - at the beginning they are all the same shape hyperbolic plane. But unlike ordinary plane  - paper sheet that has limited possibilities of being shaped in a way that prserves its geometry, hyperbolic plane has infinite possibilities of shaping.

manifold 1a,12x12x8 in, 2009, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina

manifold 1b
photo @Daina Taimina
manifold2, 12x12x8, 2009, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina
manifold 3, 9x9x8 in, 2009, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina
manifold 4, 10x10x7 in, 2009, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina
manifold 5, 12x12x8 in, 2009, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina
manifold 6, 10x10x10 in, 2009, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina
manifold 7, 7x7x5 in, 2009, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina

11x11x5 in, 2010, wool


13-symmetry, 40x40x20 cm, acrylic, 2005











Hyperbolic Planes



We are the same, cotton, 2005, 35x35x20 cm each


Global Warm(n)ing, 70x70x50 cm, 2008-2010, tinker tape,
photo @Daina Taimina
This is included in 2013  Guiness World records book.
Day and Night in Hyperbolic Space, 46x46x40 cm, 2007, wool
photo @Daina Taimina


The Land and the Sea, 49x49x31 cm, 2009, mixed fibers
photo @Daina Taimina

Autumn (Thanksgiving), 44x44x29 cm, 2006-2010, wool, silk
photo @Daina Taimina


 49x49x31 cm, 2010, wool
photo @Daina Taimina

30x30x30 cm, 2010-2011, acrylic, wool
photo @Daina Taimina

30x30x30 cm, 2010-2011, cotton
photo @Daina Taimina

Hyperbolic Sketch, 55x50x10 cm, 2006
photo @Daina Taimina

Psudosphere, 31x31x13 cm, 2005
photo @Daina Taimina
4x100, 2005, acrylic
photo @Daina Taimina

38x38x38 cm, acrylic, 2010
photo @Daina Taimina

26x26x26 cm, 2005-2010, wool
24x24x18 cm, 2005, wool
photo @Daina Taimina

32x32x18 cm, 2009-2011, recycled plastic shopping bags
photo @Daina Taimina

24x24x22 cm, 2009, recycled plastic
photo @Daina Taimina


Hyperbolic plane, 2011, wool - in Textile Collection Cooper-Hewitt National Design museum.


We are the Same, wool, 2010, in Art in Embassies collection (displayed in US Embassy in Riga)


Hyperbolic plane, 2005, manila rope, approx. 100x70 cm.