Sculpture Design with Hexastix and Related Non-Intersecting Cylinder Packings

Year: 2021 Authors: Anduriel Widmark

Core claim

Polystix structures can be systematically designed, built, and artistically extended into rigid sculptures and knots using simple grids, compression, and joined cylinder ends.

Topics

polystix classification, symmetric rod packings, knot and link construction, sculptural design

Domains

geometry, symmetry, crystallography, packing problems, sculpture, glass art, pencil constructions, mathematical art

Methods

grid-based modeling, compression with rubber bands, axis-joining, glass torchworking

Media

pencils, toothpicks, borosilicate glass rods, rubber bands

Source status

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