I came out of 2017 with a new confidence, artistically. I submitted two artworks to the JMM 2018 in San Diego: Slinky Spheres and Prime Bead Spirals. This time only the first one was accepted, but one of my favorites.
“Slinky Spheres” by Dan Bach.
Twenty colored spheres are cradled inside a web of toroidal helices formed from the normal and binormal vectors along a central wiggle (not pictured). The wiggle also contains the centers of the spheres, which is only fair.
The conference was huge and vast, without being too personal. There were way too many interesting talks to attend, not to mention our hosting an artist friends party at the nearby AirBnB we stayed at.
But the Math Art Exhibition was where it was at, especially if you liked math or art or both. I got there early and staked out a prime location. The Prime Bead Spirals woulda looked good there.
After seeing the total eclipse in Oregon the summer before, the conference floor seemed even brighter.
“Prime Bead Spirals” by Dan Bach
Starting at the bottom, strings of 1000 beads are formed into a disk, cylinder, cone, and “parabowla.” Primes are green, composites are yellow. The last prime in each string is 997. Why do the green beads line up better on the cylinder? (There are 60 beads per rotation on the cylindrical helix.)
The Math Art community is getting more familiar to me now, and it’s nice to have my work appreciated and complimented by peers! I wonder if there’s a huge market for this mathematical art stuff, and how I can muscle in on the business.