Harriet Stone Evans
SPACESHAPES is a collection of puzzles, paintings and structures designed to demonstrate geometric and algebraic principles. Many puzzles are three dimensional. Some are my inventions, all are hand built and none are available anywhere else- they have never been mass produced. The paintings are original and illustrate interesting and seldom taught facets of geometry. The polyhedral structures are from three to twelve feet tall, to be assembled on site.
SPACESHAPES was created with the intention of bringing math to a wider public by emphasizing its connection to the arts. It has been presented at the Museum of Science in Boston, The Louisiana Children's Museum in New Orleans and Artspace in Shreveport.
Designed for use in science centers, schools and even outdoor festivals, it is non-competitive and can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is available for rental.
SPACESHAPES
Artspace
Shreveport, LA
2015
SPACESHAPES
Red River Revel
Shreveport, LA
2000, 2001
A Mathematical Magic Show
Southfield School
Shreveport LA
1997, 1998, 1999
SPACESHAPES
The Museum of Science
Boston, MA
1995
SPACESHAPES
Louisiana Children's Museum
New Orleans LA
1993
Tetratower is a puzzle showing the space filling properties of tetrahedra and octahedra.
Chromacube is a puzzle based on the dissection of a cube into tetrahedra and octahedra.
Inscripta is a set of dowels and connectors designed for constructing polyhedra.
SPACESHAPES has many puzzles based on dissections of cubes.
Cubocta comprises cuboctahedra, octahedra and tetrahedra which fit into a cube and display the same color pattern on each of its six faces.
There are three ways to work Chromacube- fit all the pieces into the cube, place them so that each face contains the four colors, or place the pieces so that contiguous faces are the same color- which yields the six circular permutations of the four colors on the faces of the cube.
"Geometry and the Sense of Sight " is based on projective geometry, the geometry used in perspective drawing.