Ripples in Space and Time
2022
Width 48", Height 30"
Muslin Cotton
The artist attempts to visually and conceptually describe the ripples moving in space and time. These ripples enact a commencement that has no beginning or end. Refolding the occurrence itself, ripples move in space and time in all that will come, before or after.
Acknowledgments: Thanks to Hannah Jones for help with sewing.
Learn more about Jiangmei Wu's research on fabric origami work below:
Wu, J. (2025). Fabric Origami Based on an 8-Fold Rotational Symmetric Tessellation with Irregular Polygons and Multi-valent Vertices, Verhoeff, T., Swart, D., Gould, S. and Torrence, E. (Eds), Proceedings of Bridges Eindhoven 2025: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, and Culture, pp. 467-470, Phoenix, Arizona: Tessellation Publishing.
Wu, J. (2024). The Artistry and algorithms in fabric origami tessellations, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts. Volume 18, Issue 3-4, pp. 201-221. doi: 10.1080/17513472.2024.2414656.
Wu, J. (2024). Algorithms for Generating Crease Patterns from Sewing Patterns, Verrill, H., Kattchee, K. Lousie, S., and Torrence, E. (Eds.), Proceedings of Bridges Richmond 2024: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, and Culture, pp. 423-426, Phoenix, Arizona: Tessellation Publishing.
Wu, J. (2022). Grafting Tessellations for Fabric Origami, Reimann, D., Norton D, Torrence, E., and Kaplan, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of Bridges Aalto 2022: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, and Culture, pp. 375-378, Phoenix, Arizona: Tessellation Publishing.