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The mathematics involved in designing these sculptures is often perceived as daunting but, with notable exceptions (“Ruff Estimate”), it is usually fairly trivial, seldom exceeding the difficulty of dividing 360 degrees by the desired number of a sculpture’s edges. There are plenty of opportunities for arithmetic, but only rarely a need for trigonometry or anything beyond high-school math. On the other hand, after a sculpture is finished, mathematicians often have more to say.
This sculptural style has been influenced by geometric experiences, (including Escher) and, it turns out, by residence in Japan, where roof tiles, paper folding, architecture, fences and paths often consist of multiple, identical units. Nature too, with its cellular structures, has been a strong source of inspiration.
Emerson points out that, “Nature is an endless combination and repetition of a very few laws.” The same might be said about Elias Wakan’s Single Element Algorhythmic Sculptures.
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