Artwork description:
This image of a snake was created by twisting a solitary thread around 200 aluminum pegs evenly spaced around the perimeter of a circle. There are no pegs inside the circle, where the thread always runs in a straight line between two points on the circumference. The complex curves and the photographic accuracy of the snake inside the circle are the result of a mathematical algorithm that is meticulously tuned to the target image. So the result is a piece of art and the actual artistic tool is the computer. The snake is a symbol of wisdom, resoluteness, and renewal, as well as a totem for anyone born in the Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar. This work has been released as a limited, collectors’ edition that is impossible to reproduce without access to the original knitting sequence, which includes 3600 iterations.
Materials used:
String, Nails
Tags:
#year of snake #symbolism #snake #animalistic #string art #wisdom #renewal #cobraCobra snake string art portrait (2019)
Sculpture
by Andrey Saharov
9 Artist Reviews
£905.66
- Sculpture on Panel / Board / MDF
- From a limited edition of 20
- Size: 55 x 55 x 1cm / 55 x 55cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed and numbered on the back
- Style: Photorealistic
- Subject: Animals and birds
Artwork description
This image of a snake was created by twisting a solitary thread around 200 aluminum pegs evenly spaced around the perimeter of a circle. There are no pegs inside the circle, where the thread always runs in a straight line between two points on the circumference. The complex curves and the photographic accuracy of the snake inside the circle are the result of a mathematical algorithm that is meticulously tuned to the target image. So the result is a piece of art and the actual artistic tool is the computer. The snake is a symbol of wisdom, resoluteness, and renewal, as well as a totem for anyone born in the Year of the Snake in the Chinese calendar. This work has been released as a limited, collectors’ edition that is impossible to reproduce without access to the original knitting sequence, which includes 3600 iterations.
Materials used:
String, Nails
Tags:
#year of snake #symbolism #snake #animalistic #string art #wisdom #renewal #cobraReturns and refunds
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Artist Reviews (9)
This artwork is sold by Andrey Saharov from Germany
Andrey Saharov
Germany
About
I'm an artist and mathematician belonging to one of the world's most prominent math schools. I've always been fascinated by fractals and other patterns occurring in dynamical systems. That turned... Read more
