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I have always been fascinated by strange patterns, complex shapes and the unexpected beauty of mathematics. I enjoy going down Wikipedia rabbit holes, exploring obscure websites and watching videos by channels like Numberphile, Veritasium, 3Blue1Brown, Mathologer and Stand-up Maths. One interesting idea often leads to another, and before I know it, I am looking for ways to turn it into something I can see and touch. Using Grasshopper, I explore these ideas through generative modelling, parametric design, simulations and other experimental techniques. Each concept is presented within a 208 × 208 mm frame, giving me a small but consistent canvas to explore an almost endless world of possibilities.

I have a particular weakness for irregularity and patterns that never repeat themselves in a regular way. I am drawn to shapes that challenge our intuition, strange geometries and patterns that cannot tile a flat surface periodically. Lately, I have also started adding lights to reveal hidden properties of three-dimensional patterns, sometimes even creating visual interpretations of the fourth dimension. For me, the fun lies not only in discovering and visualising these mathematical ideas, but also in the challenge of turning them into real, printable objects. Something that starts as an abstract concept must eventually become a three-dimensional model that can actually be made. This brings mathematics, art and engineering together in a way that keeps me curious and constantly challenges me to learn more. And then there is the number five. Three, four and six can each form regular, repeating patterns that tile a flat surface, but five cannot do so with regular pentagons alone. It breaks the pattern, refuses to fit in, and opens the door to a world of more complex possibilities. Perhaps that is why five is my favourite number. It is the odd one out, and I have a soft spot for the things that refuse to follow the rules.