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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 06/10/2026

Tiny study - detail of a setup once used for heat pump monitoring.

Photo of tiny drawing of tiny plugs, detail of electronics for heat pump monitoring. Also in the photo: The electronics (Raspberry Pi) and colored pencils.

Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 24/09/2026

I've connected my two antique phones to form a working intercom - deliberately makeshift. A cropped photo of this setup is my drawing reference now. #SciArt More nostalgic details in this blog post: elkement.art/2026/09/24/i...

Photo of 1) a makeshift intercom from two antique phones (1950s and 1970s 2) a cropped photo of this setup on an ipad and 3) an unfinished drawings on black paper using this photo as a reference. (c) elkement.art 2026

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 21/08/2026

Art based on physics: Colored pencil constructions on black paper. Fine art prints available on INPRNT: www.inprnt.com/gallery/elke... #SciArt Featuring: ~ Mass Shell ~ Aharonov-Bohm Effect ~ Osculating Circles ~ Motion of the Prolate Gyroscope ~ Spherical Harmonic Function ~ Gaussian Beam

Collage of (mockups of) art prints from scans of orignial art: Geometrical drawings visualizing mathemartical concepts in physics. Traditional descriptive geometry constructions, colored pencils on black paper. By elkement.art 2026. Art prints by INPRNT.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 20/08/2026

I have drawn something from my past - as an experimental physicist working with lasers: The hyperboloid-shaped envelope of a Gaussian Beam! Notes on physics, geometry, and art: elkement.art/2026/08/20/g... #SciArt

Geometrical construction of the hyperboloid-shaped envelope of a Gaussian beam. Orthographic projection, traditional descriptive geometry. Colored pencils on black paper, by elkement.art 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 13/08/2026

Traditional construction of a spherical harmonic function. Notes on physics, math, and geometry: elkement.art/2026/08/13/s... #SciArt #Physics #MathSky

Geometrical construction of the spherical harmonic function Y_32. Orthographic projection, traditional descriptive geometry. Colored pencils on black paper, by elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 05/08/2026

Latest mathematical art pillow - printed with two different hand-drawn drawings on front and back. 1) Stereographic projection of circles 2) 3D Lissajous figures from 2D projections Originally created with watercolor pencils on canvas. #SciArt #MathSky Store: store.elkement.art/products/cir...

Collage of mockups of a pillow, printed with colorful, hand-drawn mathematical art - watercolor pencils creating a stained-glass-style tesselation that emerges naturally from the descriptive geometry construction lines. Different art on front and back: Lissajous Trilogy - 3D Lissajous figures and 2D projections, stereographic projection of circles through the North Pole to lines.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 04/08/2026

From the archives: The very first series of code-generated diffraction artworks, combined with drawings by Isaac Newton (Opticks). #SciArt #Physics Blog post with more images and background info: elkement.art/2022/01/17/n...

$Combination of six diffraction artworks, each a collage combining 1) Code-generated diffraction artworks created with Python code / SageMath - fabric of stacked curves, each colored according to the wavelength dffracted 2) Isaac Newton's drawings from Opticks. By elkement 2022.$

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 29/07/2026

Update: This is how an experimental physicist mounts her drawing (based on physics and math) to a stretched canvas removably :) Magnets on the back side of the canvas, metal tape on the back side of the paper. #SciArt #PhysicsArt

Back side of a canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Edges of the canvas painted black. Silver wire for hanging attached. 5 small shiny square magnets in the center and the four corners, for holding a paper drawing (with metal tape on its back) to the front of the canvas. By elkement, 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 26/07/2026

Testing a new way of mounting my original drawings (on black paper) on stretched canvas - work in progress. "Painting myself a frame and letting the white canvas play mat." (Drawing: Physics of the gyroscope, descriptive geometry construction #SciArt )

Photo of a geometrical drawing (colored pencils on black paper, descriptive geometry, physics of the gyroscope), attached to a stretched canvas. The edges of the canvas are painted black and there are a 5centimeters of white canvas between the edge of the drawing and the edge of the canvas - evoking a white mat and a thin black frame.

Photo of a a detail (corner) of geometrical drawing (colored pencils on black paper), attached to a stretched canvas. The edges of the canvas are painted black and there are a 5centimeters of white canvas between the edge of the drawing and the edge of the canvas - evoking a white mat and a thin black frame.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 20/07/2026

The crystal structure of diamond. Colored pencils on black paper. #SciArt #Crystallography #Physics #Geometry #MathSky

Diamond Cubic by elkement 2026. Crystal structure of diamond, colored pencils drawing (construction) on black paper. Two face-centered cubic lattices, shifted by one fourth of the space diagonals of one of the cubes. The atoms on the shifted positions become the centers of tetrahedrons formed by four atoms of the unshifted part. Showing the tetrahedrons (edges highlighted in yellow, orange, and red), and the two "sub-lattices" have blue and green atoms, respectively.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 14/07/2026

Inside: 70 sheets (140 pages), dotted.

Photo of the pages in a spiral bound notebook, close-up, showing dotted structure.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 14/07/2026

Close-up of the front cover (soft cover):

Photo of a detail of a spiral bound notebook, front printed with geometrical construction - colored pencils on black paper, white margin reminiscent of a mat.
The construction shows the cones used in Poinsot's theory of the gyroscope.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 14/07/2026

Original (A4) versus printed front cover of notebook (A5) - colored pencils on black paper, traditional descriptive geometry showing the cones used in the theory of the force-free gyroscope.

Photo of a spiral bound notebook, front printed with geometrical construction - colored pencils on black paper, white margin reminiscent of a mat.
The construction shows the cones used in Poinsot's theory of the gyroscope.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 14/07/2026

Physics art notebooks - from original geometrical drawings on black paper. Different drawings on front and back side, e.g. 1) Theory of the gyroscope, Poinsot's cones annotated wih their German names 2) Special relativity, hyperboloid-shaped energy-momentum relation #SciArt #MathSky

Photo of a spiral bound notebook, front and back printed with different geometrical constructions - colored pencils on black paper, white margin reminiscent of a mat.
The constructions shows the 1) cones used in Poinsot's theory of the gyroscope and 2) the hyperboloid representing the mass shell in special relativity.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 10/07/2026

Osculating Circles. Colored pencils on black paper, scanned. Traditional descriptive geometry construction. Approximating the trajectory of a hypothetical particle with half an ellipse / its osculating circle. #SciArt #MathSky

Geometrical construction, colored pencils on black paper: Meandering trajectory of a particle, part of it approximated by half of an ellipse. Side view, top view, view in true size. Traditional descriptive geometry.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 07/07/2026

Glimpse into the descriptive geometry workshop - thinking about osculating circles ...

Photo of geometrical drawings / constructions related to the osculating circles to a randomly curved line. One picture freedhand, colored with watercolor. Three sheets of white paper with test / research constructions in various stages.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 02/07/2026

An illustration highlighting both the geometry of the motion of a spinning top in physics, as well as the descriptive geometry construction used to depict it. Colored pencils (Polychromos, Albrecht Dürer) of black paper. #sciart #physics #mathsky #geometry

Colored pencils construction of the three cones whose relative motion helps visualizing the motion of a spinning top not subject to forces. Annotated with the German names of these cones. The yellow cone (Polkegel) rolls along the surface of the fixed Spurkegel while its symmetry axis (the figure axis of the spinning top) traces out the blue cone (Nutationskegel).

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 01/07/2026

"Dreaming of Better Times" My sketch of antique agricultural technology: An angular gearbox, once used for driving power tools with a tractor. The wheel in the back was part of the setup. Drawn with dark green colored pencil on light green paper, digitally inverted.

Sketch of an antique gearbox used in agriculture, to drive tools with a tractor. Monochrome (violet) sketch on black - a digital inversion of a colored pencil drawing on light green paper. By elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 25/06/2026

Aharonov–Bohm Effect - quantum mechanics: Two beams of electron (electron waves) interfere, causing diffraction patterns. If the electrons pass by a solenoid, the pattern is shifted - even though the magnetic field is zero everywhere outside this coil. #SciArt #MathArt #Physics

$Mathematical drawing, illustrating the Aharonov-Bohm effect in quantum physics. Torus-shaped solenoid and diffraction pattern constructed using traditional descriptive geometry, main equations. Colored pencils on black paper, by elkement 2026.$

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 20/06/2026

I've drawn another hyperboloid, now the two-part version: The Mass Shell of physics, relativistic energy as a function of momentum (two dimensions). #physics #mathsky #mathart #sciart Colored pencils on black paper, traditional descriptive geometry.

Orthographic projection of a two-part hyperboloid, symbolizing the mass shell in physics. Colored pencils on black paper, mostly white. Traditional descriptive geometry with annotations. Level lines (circles shown as ellipses in the projection) partly highlighted in green and blue, asymptotic cone with orange accents.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 16/06/2026

Test new black paper and new colored pencils ... by constructing a hyperboloid ... by letting a line segment rotate about an axis! Also: Adding proper annotations of points and lines for the first time. #MathArt #SciArt

Descriptive geometry construction of a hyperboloid, by rotating a line segment skew to the axis of rotation. Colored pencils (mostly white) on black paper, extensive annotations of points and lines. By elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 10/06/2026

I am currently into freehand technical still lives. Here is a detail of our fire extinguisher - drawn as inverted art: Originally created with blue colored pencil on pale green paper, using an inverted photo of mine. Finally, I've inverted a photo of the drawing again. #sciart #engart

Drawing of a detail of a fire extinguisher (valve, pressure meter): Monochrome gold, drawn originally with blue colored pencil (looking at an inverted photo) on pale green paper, then digitally inverted.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 22/05/2026

I have drawn our about 100 year old scissors! Colored pencils on (very thin) black paper, size 21cm x 21cm.

Photo of a drawing of antique scissors, colored pencils (orange, white, black) on black paper, by elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 20/05/2026

Postal Scales: Vintag technical still life, inverted art. Originally created with brown colored pencil on pale green cardboard! Inverted version of a drawing from this public domain reference photo: www.si.edu/object/hanso... #sciart Is there a hashtag #engart ?

Photo of a monochrome colored pencil drawing that has been digitally inverted. The drawings shows antique postal scales with a large "clock face" - white letters on black background.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 18/05/2026

Practising freehand technical drawing: Magnetic compass, drawn by looking at a public domain image (museum exhibit). #SciArt #EngArt "Invert art": Originally created with red colored pencil on pale green paper, digitally inverted.

Technical monomchrome drawing of a magnetic compass, cyan on warm dark grey. Freehand drawing based on a public domain image (museum exhibit). Invert art: Created with red colored pencil on pale green paper, digitally inverted. By elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 16/05/2026

Light Bulb Study: Small sketch plus inverted version. Reference has been this museum exhibit (Edison demo bulb): www.si.edu/object/ediso... (third photo)

Photo of a small sketch of an antique light bulb, graphite pencil on pale green paper.

Digitally inverted photo of a small sketch of an antique light bulb, originally graphite pencil on pale green paper.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 10/05/2026

This weekend I have been obsessed with optimizing the process for mounting mathematicall art prints on stretched canvas: #sciart #mathart

Photo of a varnished print mounted on canvas - construction of a cube including all helper lines and projection rays in white/orange/blue, implemented in code.

Photo of a detail of a varnished print mounted on canvas - corner, showing texture and sheen.

Photo of a detail of a varnished print mounted on canvas - showing texture and sheen.

Photo of a detail of a varnished print mounted on canvas - corner, showing texture and signature on the canvas side.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 05/05/2026

Temperature Waves - done! Watercolor on watercolor paper, glued to a stretched canvas and varnished! Heat equation, definition of diffusity, and temperature distribution in the four seasons (Northern hemisphere). #Physics #SciArt #MathArt

Watercolor painting of the temperature distribution beneath the surface of the earth. Based on the assumption that the temperature varies sinusoially at the surface. Also showing the heat equation and the definition of thermal diffusivity. Four different curves for different times of the year (seasons) - indicated by zodiac symbols. By elkement 2026.

Close-up of my watercolor painting glued to a stretched canvas and varnished - satin finish, the photo shows the sheen.

Detail of my varnished watercolor painting - formula for the definition of thermal diffusivity, in symbols of gradually varying colors.

$Close-up of my watercolor painting glued to a stretched canvas and varnished. I chiselled away fractions of a millimeter of the paper so that its edge is exactly where the curvature of the canvas edge begins.$

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 30/04/2026

Work in progress - temperatures waves and related equations (Watercolor) #SciArt #PhysicsArt A simple model of how "heat is stored" near the surface of the earth - where is can be e.g. used by a heat pump. Stylized version of a plot based on a solution of the heat equation.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 13/04/2026

Phase transitions of the first kind - work in progress! This time I am not using ruler or compass - just constructing the "3D" view of the stacked functions freehand. #SciArt #MathArt #Physics

Photo of a freehand geometrical construction, featuring the evolution of the polynomial that represents free enthalpy over order parameters in a phase transition of the first kind. The set of potential functions is seen in a single plot ("2D") and stacked in 3D from an oblique angle.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 08/04/2026

"Circles to Lines (2026)" is finally also a canvas print!! Originally also created on canvas ... which has been a challenge as I gessoed and sanded this canvas, and watercolors do not stick to this surface at all! #MathArt #SciArt Available in three sizes: store.elkement.art/products/cir...

Canvas print created from a mathematical painting on canvas: Circles on a sphere are projected onto lines via stereographic projection. Axonometry, "3D" view constructed from top and side view, graphite pencils construction enhanced with watercolors, on gessoed and sanded canvas. By elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 01/04/2026

Circles to Lines (2026) ... is finally done! Watercolor on gessoed and sanded canvas. Traditional descriptive geometry: Axonometric construction of a stereographic projection scenario - circles through the North Pole being projected onto lines. #SciArt #MathArt

Collage of four photos showing a colorful geometrical painting on canvas (1x straight-on, 2x slanted angle - showing painted canvas edges 1x close-up). Graphite pencil construction colored with watercolors in the style of stained glass, axnometric projection of a stereographic projection scenario - circles being projected onto lines. By elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 29/03/2026

Drawing a cube with code is the "Hello, World!" of 3D software! Here is my version - created with my fledgeling "descriptive geometry software" I am creating in C without any graphics libraries or frameworks. (More background of this project: elkement.art/2026/03/27/d...)

Axonometric projection of a cube, an illustration of the construction process generated with custom C code in a semi-manual process. By elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 25/03/2026

It is taking ages, but some day it wil be completed! Current stage: Having retraced all the pencil construction lines with a tiny brush. Stereographic projection, visualized using orthographic projection. Circles through the North Pole are projected onto lines. #SciArt #MathSky

Photo of a canvas a geometric drawing, work in progress, traditional descriptive geometry, coloring the tesselation generated by the projection rays with watercolors: Six circles on a sphere containing the North Pole are projected onto lines. By elkement 2024/2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 17/03/2026

This is a photo of the construction stage - traditional descriptive geometry: I am using the top view and side view to construct the "3D" view from a different perspective. So, technically this is "orthographic projection of stereographic projection".

Photo of a canvas a geometric drawing, work in progress, graphite pencil construction, traditional descriptive geometry: Six circles on a sphere containing the North Pole are projected onto lines. By elkement 2024/2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 17/03/2026

"Circles to Lines", work in progress. Via stereographic projection, circles on a sphere containing the North Pole are projected onto lines in the equatorial plane. Gessoed and sanded canvas - a difficult surface to use with watercolors as the water is not absorbed. #SciArt #MathSky

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 13/03/2026

I have finally framed my two 2025 series of tiny drawings! Left: Poinsot's Paper Spaceship - energy ellipsoid intersecting sphere of angular momentum. Right: Circles to Circles - Circles on the sphere projected onto circles in the equatorial plane via stereographic projection. #SciArt #MathSky

Photo of framed geometrical colorful drawings (constructions): Two black frames with black paper as background, four square drawings in the left frame, six rectangular drawings in the right frame. Art by elkement 2025 - related to the physics of the gyroscope (intersections of ellipsoid and sphere), and circles projected onto circle via stereographic projections. Traditional descriptive geometry, orthographic projection.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 08/03/2026

I am re-creating my 2024 drawing "Circles to Lines" on gesssoed and sanded canvas! The construction is nearly done: Six circles on the surface of a sphere, containing the North Pole --> projected onto lines via stereographic projection. #SciArt #MathSky #Geometry

Photo of a drawing of mathematical art (descriptive geometry) next to a canvas showing the same drawing in an earlier stage (construction nearly done, no coloring yet). Both show how circles on a sphere containing the North Pole are projected onto lines. By elkement 2024/2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 07/03/2026

Original - small 12"x12" canvas - versus print on larger canvas! Lissajous Trilogy, 2025 - construction of 3D Lissajous Figures from their 2D projecton, descriptive geometry. #SciArt #MathSky This is the intermediate size of the canvas print (18"x18"): store.elkement.art/products/lis...

Photo of a mathematical drawing on 12"x12" canvas versus 18"x18" canvas print - side by side. Mathematical art, 3D Lissajous Figures, descriptive geometry (axonometry), colored with watercolor pencils in the style of stained glass. By elkement 2025.

Photo of a mathematical drawing on 12"x12" canvas versus 18"x18" canvas print - original on top of print. Mathematical art, 3D Lissajous Figures, descriptive geometry (axonometry), colored with watercolor pencils in the style of stained glass. By elkement 2025.

Photo of a mathematical drawing on 12"x12" canvas versus 18"x18" canvas print - side by side, detail / close-up showing canvas texture and sheen of the varnished original. Mathematical art, 3D Lissajous Figures, descriptive geometry (axonometry), colored with watercolor pencils in the style of stained glass. By elkement 2025.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 04/03/2026

I am using traditional descriptive geometry and watercolor pencils to turn functions used in physics into cathedrals from stained glass. #MathArt #SciArt

Collage of five geometrical drawings - colored in the style of stained glass with watercolor pencils. Orthographic projections of functions used in physics, constructed from their 2D projections: Cones related to the theory of the gyroscope, Lissajous Figures, spins and stereographic projection, a mathematical tower from a spherical harmonic function.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 03/03/2026

Augmented reality, old school: The Higgs field is everywhere ... so I am overlaying a geometric construction of its potential with a watercolor painting of a pond! First experiment with watercolors on canvas (primed with DIY watercolor ground) #MathArt #SciArt #Physics

Watercolor painting on canvas: A pond surrounded by meadows and trees superimposed with a geometrical construction of the Higgs potential thats looks like the top part of a fruit juicer. By elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 27/02/2026

I am developing a process for using watercolors on stretched canvas - experimenting with a DIY primer (to make the canvas more absorbent and also smoother). This is a test to get a feel for this drawing surface. Having completed it, I cannot unsee the neurons and blood vessels of an alien brain 👽🧠

Abstract painting showing colorful shapes reminiscent of cells and blood vessels. Watercolors on stretched canvas, by elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 25/02/2026

"Translucent Heart" New canvas print in my store! store.elkement.art/products/tra... I always extend the drawing with a digitally mirrored and distorted version - to make it "drip off" the sides of the canvas. This time, I let this melted edge appear on the front! #MathArt #SciArt

Mockup of a canvas print, created from an original mathematical drawing on watercolor paper. Near the edges, distortion effects have been applied digitally to make the drawing appear as if it would melt. Construction of 3D Lissajous Figures from their 2D projections. Two self-similar figures are shown as the borders of a single ribbon. Artwork by elkement 2025, canvas print design 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 24/02/2026

I was asking myself: Could I create mathematical art using just the bare minimum of tools that usually come with an operating system? (No python, no JS, no frameworks.)

Abstract mathematical code-generated art: Colorful meandering blurry lines on black background. Created with C code using only default operating system tools, by elkement 2026.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 19/02/2026

All canvas prints from traditional drawings show the artwork mirrored and distorted on the sides of the canvas frame: store.elkement.art/pages/physic... Originally drawn on paper or canvas with pencils, ruler, compass, and watercolors. Digital distortion applied manuallly with a digital pen, no AI

Collage of mockups of canvas prints created from geometrical drawings (axonometry), colored in the style of stained glass. Two prints are shown straight-on and from two oblique angles, respectively. Poinsot's Dancing Cones feature the cones in Poinsot' theory of the gyroscope, Lissajous Trilogy shows the 3D Lissajou figure described by x=sin(t),y=sin(2t), z=sin(3t).

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 19/02/2026

I am happy to release canvas prints of one of my favorite pieces of geometrical physics art! "Poinsot's Dancing Cones" store.elkement.art/products/poi... ... a visualization of the motion of a force-free spinning top - based on Louis Poinsot's geometric theory of the gyroscope. #SciArt #MathArt

Mockup of a canvas printed from a traditional geometric drawing - featuring several cones embracing each other. A visalization of Louis Poinsot's geometric theory of the gyroscope. Black construction lines enclose polygons that are colored in the style of stained glass.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 17/02/2026

My interpretation of the Higgs potential! A "cathedral" of spontaneously broken symmetry! #SciArt #MathArt #Physics (Watercolor pencils)

Geometrical drawing colored in the style of stained glass, by elkement 2026. Higgs' potential (a "tumbler" reminiscent of the top part of a fruit juicer) is shiwn from three directions. The areas enclosed by the construction lines are colored as if their were from translucent glass. Colored pencils.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 11/02/2026

My geometrical drawing "Lissajous Trilogy" (2025) is now available in my store as canvas prints in three sizes! 3D Lissajous Figures constructed from their 2D projections, created in a traditional painstaking process - an analog calculation. store.elkement.art/products/lis... #SciArt #MathArt

Mockup of a canvas print created from the drawing Lissajous Trilogy - 3D Lissajous Figures constructed from their 2D projections, colored in the style of stained glass.

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 04/02/2026

Photos of my new fav mug! 😊 "Stargate of Diffraction" Scientifically exact intensity of diffracted light vs. angle for different wavelengths. I am using the cylindrical surface in a mathematically accurate way! Available in my store: store.elkement.art/products/sta... #SciArt #MathArt #Physics

$Collage of four photos of a mug printed with mathematical art based on physics: Intensity of diffracted light over angle for different wavelengths - a wavy, rainbow-colored fabric on black background. The ceramic mug is otherwise white with a black rim, handle and inside. The artwork covers nearly the whole surface of the cylinder and appears as framed in white.$

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Elke Stangl (elkement) @elkement.art · 28/01/2026

I am probably working on a new series of mugs - using the cylindrical surface of a mug in a mathematically exact way :) "Stargate of Diffraction" Diffracted intensity of light as a function of angle, for different wavelengths (and a diffraction grating with 3 slits)! #SciArt #MathArt #Physics

$Diffraction curves (intensity over angle) in spectral colors on black background for different wavelengths. Below the plot are mockups of mugs (white with black rim and handle) to which this plot is printed on - naturally using the cylindrical shape as representation of diffraction angles.$

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