Mathémartiste

Dubbed "Mathémartiste" by Jean-François Cliche in 2010, Sarah Brewer is an artist/mathematician in Mobile, AL with a passion for teaching and visualizing mathematical concepts.

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Easy-to-follow guide for the compass and straightedge creation of a beautiful set of tilings with a basic Archimedean subgrid of hexagons, squares, and triangles.

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Sarah Brewer, sonobe 30-module stellated icosahedron and a first attempt at Robert Lang's tree frog, 2016. The rainbow sonobe draped in black was a response to the Orlando shooting last month.

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Origami folding: Sarah Brewer, 20 june 2014. Model by Tomoko Fuse.

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Sarah Brewer, 21 june 2014.

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Sarah Brewer, work in progress, june 2014. Idk where this is going, but it's a thing.

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Sarah Brewer, coptic/caterpillar with gears and hand-marbled paper, 22 February 2014.

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My first ever attempt at the caterpillar, in progress. (Sarah Brewer, 20 Feb 2014)

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Sarah Brewer, Cuboid lattice, mixed digital and physical media, 11 January 2013.

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Sarah Brewer, Flower of Life / Hexagon Pattern, 7 January 2014.

This is what I taught my Visual Mathematics class today!

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Sarah Brewer, pages 124-125 of book-in-progress, 02 January 2014.

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Book-in-progress on my studio desk.

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Sarah Brewer, trefoil link, acrylic on 3D-printed plastic, 01 January 2014.

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Sarah Brewer, book in progress, mixed media, 28 December 2013

I am teaching bookbinding and the history of the illuminated manuscript for my school’s “Special Projects” week in February and this is the beginnings of my first mock-up.  The pages are 100% cotton resume paper printed with my favorite hexagon/flower of life grid on one side.  The Coptic binding is done with three colors of 100% cotton colorfast thread.  The hand and spine are copyright-free old timey anatomical illustrations, and the veins of the hand are hand-colored with gouache.

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Sometimes I make art that is not mathematical.

Sarah Brewer, mixed media on masonite, 26 December 2013.

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sarah brewer, "whales in a red sea," micron and prismacolor, 21 Oct 2013.

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another symmetry study in micron and prismacolor.  there is definite potential in that central knotted floral pattern.  Sarah Brewer, 16 Oct 2013.

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sarah brewer, cuboid, micron pen and prismacolor marker on paper, 13 october 2013