Three-Dimensional Generalizations of the Triskele
Jacques Beck, Françoise Beck-Pieterhons, and Samuel Verbiese

Proceedings of Bridges 2013: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Culture
Pages 477–478
Short Papers

Abstract

The Triskele is a familiar, traditional, 3-armed Celtic design motif, related to meanders and labyrinths. Its sym- metry consists of a 3-fold axis of rotation without mirror reflection and so it comes in left-hand and right-hand forms. We present work in progress focused on creating sculptural forms inspired by the triskele, but elegantly distorted into 3D and no longer necessarily symmetrically. Wood, wire, clay and Zometool investigation models are discussed and illustrated.

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