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Happersett, Susan

 Person

Nationality

American

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Box of Growth, 1999

 Item — Box 150: [Barcode: 31858072458031]
Identifier: CC-34487-36184
Scope and Contents

Esther K Smith was the art director and Dikko Faust did the letterpress and typography for this bookwork by Happersett. The colophon states that "This series of mathematical drawings is based on growth and decay patterns of twigs and the Fibonacci sequence," The books are entitled, "Twig," "Leaf," "Conch," "Bloeman" and "Sprout." Each page of the books is made with additional calligraphic strokes using a progressive Fibonacci sequence page by page to connote the natural history of growth of the plants mentioned in the titles.. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1999

Pine Cone / Happersett, Susan., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-09810-10004
Scope and Contents

The artist writes that "this series of drawings is based on a sequence of fibonacci numbers and ratios that form parallel spirals in pine cones." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

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