About William F. Duffy 

During the past twenty years, Duffy has researched 3D computational graphics to define and represent the underlying forms in nature to merge Mathematics with the Fine Arts. Through observation, Duffy has developed a new series of intuitive mathematical objects. Duffy uses holomorphic functions, differential geometry and algebraic equations, to define minimal and Riemann surfaces. Mathematica is one of the software programs Duffy uses to generate digital surfaces for 3D parametric plots such as Calabi-Yau manifolds. An array of supplementary CAD-CAM software is subsequently used to generate 3D Stereo Lithography (STL) Files for 3D additive printing processes. Duffy’s belief is that the new wave of computational 3D graphics in the sciences and the arts will prove inspirational for investigators in quantum physics.

Duffy's early work consisted of sculptures for public art and was largely cast in metal using the lost wax method. In the latter part of the twentieth-century ceramic shell technique was the standard investment molding process for melting metals by way of induction furnaces and casting high temperature metals, commonly used by artists for creating sculptures in metal. The subject matter in Duffy's work was primarily the human figure. Duffy's interest evolved in abstracting the human form as a structural aesthetic to engineer interconnected groups of figures to define spheres, geometric primitives, and random lyrical configurations. This transition lead to Duffy's most recent preoccupation with digital technologies such as rapid prototyping and mathematical 3D modeling software. Duffy used these applications to create purely mathematically generated objects that reflect the connectivity observed in nature and to reinterpret the geometry into new objects that incorporate mathematical continuity. These mathematical objects are the first in a new series of larger scale rapid prototypes of 3D computational graphics. This bridges mathematics and the fine arts.

Phone: 301-847-9975
Cell: 410-746-1067
E-mail: bill-duffy@att.net

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About William F. Duffy

About William F. Duffy 

During the past twenty years, Duffy has researched 3D computational graphics to define and represent the underlying forms in nature to merge Mathematics with the Fine Arts. Through observation, Duffy has developed a new series of intuitive mathematical objects. Duffy uses holomorphic functions, differential geometry and algebraic equations, to define minimal and Riemann surfaces. Mathematica is one of the software programs Duffy uses to generate digital surfaces for 3D parametric plots such as Calabi-Yau manifolds. An array of supplementary CAD-CAM software is subsequently used to generate 3D Stereo Lithography (STL) Files for 3D additive printing processes. Duffy’s belief is that the new wave of computational 3D graphics in the sciences and the arts will prove inspirational for investigators in quantum physics.

Duffy's early work consisted of sculptures for public art and was largely cast in metal using the lost wax method. In the latter part of the twentieth-century ceramic shell technique was the standard investment molding process for melting metals by way of induction furnaces and casting high temperature metals, commonly used by artists for creating sculptures in metal. The subject matter in Duffy's work was primarily the human figure. Duffy's interest evolved in abstracting the human form as a structural aesthetic to engineer interconnected groups of figures to define spheres, geometric primitives, and random lyrical configurations. This transition lead to Duffy's most recent preoccupation with digital technologies such as rapid prototyping and mathematical 3D modeling software. Duffy used these applications to create purely mathematically generated objects that reflect the connectivity observed in nature and to reinterpret the geometry into new objects that incorporate mathematical continuity. These mathematical objects are the first in a new series of larger scale rapid prototypes of 3D computational graphics. This bridges mathematics and the fine arts.

Phone: 301-847-9975
Cell: 410-746-1067
E-mail: bill-duffy@att.net

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