Bauhaus Braids
Kandinsky, Bauhaus artist and lecturer, saw colours and as shapes. Numbers can be shapes, too. Colours, shapes and numbers combine in the creation of a set of three fine silk braids: triangular numbers (yellow, “sharp”, edgy); square numbers (red, “earthbound”, balanced); and circular numbers (blue, “spiritual”, the colour of the heavens).
Marilyn Rathbone
Worthing, England
Bauhaus Braids, detail, Marilyn Rathbone
Bauhaus Braids, Square Numbers, Marilyn RathboneA square number is also known as a perfect square. It is the number produced by multiplying an integer by itself.
Circular Numbers, Marilyn RathboneA circular number is also known as a curious number. It is a number whose square ends in the same digits as the number, itself.
Bauhaus Braids, Triangular Numbers, Marilyn RathboneA triangular number is also known as a triangle number. It is a number that can be represented by a triangular array.
Bauhaus Braids, Marilyn RathboneMaterials: silk thread, grey board, acrylic paint, paper