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The Philip Trust Collection (Private), England |
GORDIAN KNOTHEIGHT 3FT (1M) "The ultimate challenge is the Unknown" |
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The Philip Trust Collection (Private), England |
GORDIAN KNOTHEIGHT 3FT (1M) "The ultimate challenge is the Unknown" |
Having discovered with ETERNITY and DEPENDENT BEINGS the magic of what could be done with a circle and a tile that had a hole in the middle, I had to experiment with curved surfaces. What would happen if I used the club design of a three leaf clover ?
When the sculpture started to take form I found that from this combination appeared a beautiful endless triple rope. I named the sculpture GORDIAN KNOT, after the puzzle posed to Alexander the Great, which he solved by cutting the knot with his sword ! Following the strand by eye is certainly confusing, so I can understand his resorting to cutting it.
This sculpture is covered in Fibre Bundles and in Torus Knots.
© Mathematics and Knots/Edition Limitee 1996 - 2002
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