This project was to create a mobile of different polyhedra all having the same surface area. Since the polyhedra were made out of scored cardboard, if they all had the same surface area, they also all weighed the same and were thus easier to balance in a mobile.

This project was to create a mobile of different polyhedra all having the same surface area. Since the polyhedra were made out of scored cardboard, if they all had the same surface area, they also all weighed the same and were thus easier to balance in a mobile.

We created designs using graphing software, fiddling with equations to see what different patterns we could get. Then we used printable iron-on T-shirt transfers to transfer our designs onto T-shirts.

A hollow sculpture container in sterling silver and bronze I made in 1976 in the metal shop at R.I.S.D. It once had a companion piece, now lost, that was a tetrahedron and sphere. It was an interesting problem to figure out how to construct these forms from sheet metal

A ceramic Klein bottle made circa 1976 by an old friend at RISD whose name I can’t recall. To my friend: if you run across this photo and recognize your creation, please write to me, so I can attribute it correctly!

A ceramic Klein bottle made circa 1976 by an old friend at RISD whose name I can’t recall. To my friend: if you run across this photo and recognize your creation, please write to me, so I can attribute it correctly!