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Why are the things created by the nature are perceived as harmonic? Why do people feel better and relaxed
by these things? A leaf, a branch, a snail, a conch, a snowflake – what is common about them? As a child I often
asked myself these questions. Mathematics, which I studied later, helped me to answer some of them. The harmony
every person yearns for is based on mathematic patterns. Unconsciously people read the mathematic formulae that
describe the things around us. For example when a person looks at a ball he/she understands its geometry,
perceives its symmetry even if he/she doesn’t know the formula determining the shape. The same happens when
we see more complicated objects. When subconsciousness reads the formula our mind finds the harmony. Perhaps
mathematics can understand the language the nature is coded in.
A leaf, a branch, a snail, a conch, a snowflake are natural fractals. Their structure can be described by
mathematic language. In Series 1 I modeled my own fractal that resembles some of a snail’s shell but partially
open. In fact it is an ad infinitum colonnade repeated and circled in itself. I wanted to create a thing
symbolizing loneliness and self–discovery. I used the sculpture in Series 1 several times.
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