Synthetic Processes

1-2-4 folds

5 folds - accordion

20 quadrilaterals

Bisect the longest length

Ratio 1:2

With plank

Achieve 20 squares

Inner squares will meet so that

All internal squares form 1:2 quadrilaterals

Bookended with 10 individual squares

1-2 folds

Fold corner so that crease is at 60

Continue folding accordion

4 total into an equilateral triangle

This is how to achieve a hexagon

1-2-4 folds

Fold corner down

Should equal 90-45-45

Symmetrical right triangle

Continue folding accordion

7 folds total

This how to achieve

48 right triangles

with 8 internal squares rotated 45

Each square 1:8 ratio to total area

C16H10N2O2 or

2,2'-Bis(2,3-dihydro-3- oxoindolyliden)

Also known as indigotin

Oxidizes in the presence of

Sodium hydroxide + sodium dithionite

(NaOH + Na2S2O4)

In an irreversible reaction

The result is a chromatic shift

Leuco form (from Greek leukos - white) indigo

Becomes indigo it’s final and most beautiful form

This is my process

Shibori (from shiboru - to wring)

My art is not just mine

I owe it to nature: the air I breathe, the same elements

Of which all organic matter is composed, and water

the most vital of all molecules

Time - the determinate of our lives

And math - the geometry I closely follow

Folding more of gifts of the earth -

Cotton, flax in the form linen, silk

And indigo a color for which I don’t have

Descriptors aside from vaguely blue-purple

Yet, the color, my process, my art is so familiar

A unity of scientific and mathematical

Abstractions

To create a tangible, fleeting grasp

Of Beauty