Author Archives: jon

Right and Left Handed Rotation

Weaving, Mother of Tensegrity

Leonardo Journal Article

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Space Frame Structure Made by 3-D Weaving of Rod Members

Model of an Atom Patent 2

Model of an Atom Patent 1

Geo Game Magnet Patent

Tensegrity Patent

Graphene

The Birth of C60 Soccer Ball Molecule

Atom Self-Constructs

Static Hyrdogen Energy Shift

Story of the Atom

Circles, Spheres and Atoms by Kenneth Snelson

Wood Atom

1965 wood 26 x 10 x 10 in. 66 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm

Double Atom

1965 wood 24 x 10 x 10 in. 61 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm

Study for Atomic Space 5

1965 stainless steel 44 x 50 x 40 in. 112 x 127 x 101.6 cm

Homage to the Uncertainty Principle: A device to aid locating electrons in an Atom if There Were a Means to Look for Them

1964 22x 12.25 x 10 in. 55.88 x 31 x 25.4 c

Circle Group I

1964 stainless steel 10 x 9 x 6 in. 25.4 x 22.85 x 15.24 cm

Study for Atomic Space 1

1964 stainless steel 13 x 10 x 11 in. 33 x 25.4 x 27.9 cm

Study for Atomic Space 3

1964 stainless steel 19.5 x 8 x 8 in. 49.5 x 20.3 x 20.3 cm

Atom Piece

1964 stainless steel 25.5 x 11 x 10 in. 65 x 28 x 25.5 cm

Study for Atomic Space 6

1965 stainless steel 30 x 42x 35 in. 76 x 106.5 x 89 cm

Study for Atomic Space 2

1964 stainless steel 32 x 23 x 23 in. 81.25 x 58.5 x 58.5 cm

Study for Big Atom

1965 stainless steel 46 x 52 x 55 in. 117 x 132 x 140 cm

60.5 Degrees

1992 stainless steel 13 x 15.5 x 13 inches 33 x 39.4 x 33cm

Audrey II

1966 porcelainized aluminum & stainless steel 8 x 15.3 x 8 feet 2.4 x 4.6 x 2.4m Private Collection

Audrey I

1966 porcelainized aluminum & stainless steel 8 x 9.4 x 6.6 feet 2.4 x 2.8 x 2m Private Collection

Art in America

Review of Exhibitions – New York Kenneth Snelson at Marlborough and Laurence Miller by Edward Leffingwell

Dragon

2000-03 stainless steel 30.5 x 31 x 12 feet 9.3 x 9.4 x 3.6m

Slate.com

Jan. 9, 2004 Art for Smart People The mathematical sculptures of Kenneth Snelson. by Elisabeth Eaves

Penta Tower

2001-03 aluminum & stainless steel 57 x 14 x 15 inches 145 x 35.5 x 35.5cm

Tetra Tower

1963-2001 aluminum & stainless steel 58 x 18 x 18 inches 147 x 46 x 46cm

Review

February 15, 1999 Kenneth Snelson Sculptures and Drawings 1968-1998 Marlborough Chelsea Exhibition, January – February by Mark Daniel Cohen

Leonardo’s Atom

1998

Zig-Zag Tower

1997 painted stainless steel 45.5 x 9 x 7.75 inches 115.6 x 22.9 x 19.7cm

Landing

1996

Leica Lens

1996

Kekule’s Dream

1996

Chain Bridge Bodies

1992

C60

1991

Forest Devil’s Moon Night

1991

Contemporanea International Art Magazine

April 1990 Designs On The Universe by Eleanor Heartney

Full Circle: Panoramas of Paris, Venice, Rome, Siena and Kyoto “Everything Photographic”

by Kenneth Snelson Published by Aperture Foundation Inc., 1990

Full Circle: Panoramas of Paris, Venice, Rome, Siena and Kyoto “Music Box”

Essay by Laurance Wieder Published by Aperture Foundation Inc., 1990

Kenneth Snelson Exhibition: The Nature of Structure

The New York Academy of Sciences, January – April 1989 Catalog Introduction by Joelle Burrows

Kenneth Snelson Exhibition The Nature of Structure

The New York Academy of Sciences, January – April 1989 Portraying the Atom by Kenneth Snelson

Kenneth Snelson Exhibition The Nature of Structure

The New York Academy of Sciences, January – April 1989 Kenneth Snelson and Hans Christian von Baeyer: A Conversation

Kenneth Snelson Exhibition The Nature of Structure

The New York Academy of Sciences, January – April 1989 Beauty, Truth and Imagination: A Perspective on the Science and Art of Modeling Atoms Essay by Robert S. Root-Bernstein

Kenneth Snelson Exhibition The Nature of Structure

The New York Academy of Sciences, January – April 1989 Snelson’s Atom Essay by Hans Christian von Baeyer

Shelf Collection

1989