Invisible Handshake II, 2008, Olin-Rice Science Center, Macalester College, St. Paul, MN, three tons of diorite, 7' x 5' x 4'.

Helaman Ferguson, Sculptor

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Artist Statement

My sculpture celebrates science and art in stone and bronze from handheld to monumental sizes. Creative mathematics, algorithms, and computers are part of my design language; hammers, chisels, diamond chain saws, and computer mediators are part of my tool set.

COLLECTIONS: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN; Maryland Science and Technology Center, Bowie, MD; Merck Pharmaceutical, Upper Gwynedd, PA; Princeton University, NJ; Clay Mathematics Institute, Cambridge, MA; Mathematical Sciences Research Center, Berkeley, CA; University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN; Smith College, Northampton, MA; Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN; Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA; Mathematical Association of America, Washington, DC; American Mathematical Society, Providence, RI

PUBLICATIONS: Science, 2006; Fragments of Infinity, 2002; Nature, 2001; Science, 1999; Eightfold Way, 1998; Helaman Ferguson: Mathematics in Stone and Bronze, 1993