Digital print, 19" x 12", 2008.
Third prize
The starting point for this knot is a nine-crossing knot that has been
carefully arranged to allow seamless iteration. Four regions of this
starting knot are replaced with a scaled-down copy of the full starting
knot, incorporated in such a way that the iterated knot is still
unicursal. These same four regions are then replaced with a scaled-down
copy of the iterated knot, resulting in a complex knot possessing self
similarity.
Robert Fathauer, Small business owner, puzzle designer, and artist, Tessellations, Phoenix, Arizona
Robert Fathauer makes limited-edition prints inspired by tiling,
fractals, and knots. He employs mathematics in his art to express his
fascination with certain aspects of our world, such as symmetry,
complexity, chaos, and infinity. His artworks are created on a Macintosh
computer, primarily using the commercial programs FreeHand and Photoshop.
tessellations@cox.net
www.tessellations.com