All students were tasked with two concepts that had to manifest into a sculptural object. Mathematics and Self Image were my prompts. I drew inspiration from geometry, specifically from Islamic tessellation patterns found all over the Middle East in mosques, homes, and cities. Self-image is rarely static, it is a continual process of creation, progression, devolution and reevaluation.

A truncated icosahedron was made with hand-milled strips of black walnut wood, and laser-cut faces of tessellations made of task-board, and finished with white paint. They were married to form a four foot wide ball that balances a complete form with an evolving shape. Light and shadow dance on the ground, as the viewer moves around the piece.