Mathematical Sculptures

Bathsheba Grossman is an explorer of life in three dimensions. She observes the beautiful events that take place in that continuum: transitions between inside and outside, the point at zero and the point at infinite distance, how the dimensional axes can be alike and different. Her work is a road map to how we can live in our (seemingly) Euclidean world.

She is often asked whether her designs originate in logic or intuition, and the answer must be both: her intuition is always seeking order and symmetry. The designs exist first as visualizations, then as virtual 3D models. Then they enter the physical world by various computer-mediated manufacturing processes (these pieces were generated by 3D metal printing). Lastly they are hand finished by assembling, burnishing, and other craft methods as required.