Ryan Webb

Grant Spotlight: 3D Printer

By |2022-03-02T18:51:07+00:00April 20th, 2018|Spotlight - Grants|

In 2016-17, the Foundation purchased a Stratasys SE Plus 3D printer that is currently housed in the science department but available for use by any student or teacher.  This year, one of Ryan Webb's Mathematical Art seminar students, Meg Taylor ('18), used the printer to create a piece that she later submitted to the Bridges Mathematical Art Conference for consideration to be included in their 2018 gallery.  She recently learned that her piece, along with

Grant Spotlight: AxiDraw

By |2022-03-02T19:08:04+00:00February 12th, 2018|Spotlight - Grants|

The Foundation recently purchased an AxiDraw pen plotter for use in Ryan Webb's "Explorations in Mathematical Art" seminar.  The AxiDraw can work with computer code to make digital art come to life as "hand-drawn" ink on paper.  Ryan has a long-held interest in the intersection of math and art, as his creative work with 3-D math modeling has demonstrated.  We already love the first piece of digital art produced by the AxiDraw! Contributions to the

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