1. ANORISONTOSCIENCETHROUGHARTThis project explores the interface between mathematical folding sculpture and vitreographic processes, which
entail screen printing on fused glass. Bringing these two juxtaposing yet complimenting mediums together are
artist and mathematician Martin Demaine, his son Dr. Erik Demaine, both of the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, and Miami-born glass artist Shandra Dahling McLane. Their union began over the fascination with
glass, its limits and its properties at the Pilchuck Glass School in Seattle, WA, and has been rekindled in the
undertaking of this project that celebrates the beauty of math and science through art. The collaboration be-
tween the Demaines and Ms. McLane, already underway, has proven visually exciting and intellectually stim-
ulating. Inspired by computational origami sculptures carefully calculated, designed, and assembled by the
Demaines, Ms. McLane has styled screens resembling their intricacies and folds, which have been transferred
to glass panels using vibrant enamels that are kiln fused onto the glass (see images). This exciting process
explores mathematics through art, flexibility through rigidity, and creation through collaboration. Finished piec-
es declare a natural connection between the sciences and the arts, alluring viewers and provoking intrigue.
The Demaines, world experts in the field of computational origami design, have pioneered the concentration
of algorithmic and mathematical tools to the discovery of limitless, intricate folding structures. While visually
astounding in their tangible form, the conception of these structures invite myriad potential practical applica-
tions in the worlds of science and engineering. The seemingly endless possibility of these folding structures
can influence the field of health and medicine in affecting and altering the way that drugs are both designed
(through protein folding) and delivered in the body (through deployable structures, e.g. for treating cancer).
The Demaines and their works are featured in the origami documentary Between The Folds (2008), the pub-
lication Popular Science (2013), and are the recipients of multiple prestigious awards, including a MacArthur
Fellowship and Guggenheim Fellowships. Strongly influenced by the years they spent in Miami Beach, Flor-
ida, and the design aesthetic of Miami, the Demaines yearn to share their findings in a way that is at once
scientifically and visually stimulating and exhilarating.
Translating the Demaines’ exciting discoveries onto a medium which is equally inspiring and innovating, artist
Shandra McLane is currently immersed in the enterprise of creating an extensive series of vibrant glass panels
which echo the Demaines’ origami masterpieces. Having learned and mastered the properties of glass in her
work, Ms. McLane has taken to merging techniques and processes to ever enhance the medium and actively
participate in the evolution of the art world. Combining kiln formed, or hot glass, techniques with vitreography,
where detailed images and patterns are transferred to glass using a screen, finished pieces share a well
complimented blend of vibrant abstraction and bold detail. Colorful, reflective, and fiercely enticing, they catch
viewers’ eyes, invite intimacy, and encourage viewers to see through and beyond the artwork. In the panels
that Ms. McLane has already crafted specially for the Demaines, labyrinthine curves and strokes emulate the
bends and folds of their origami structures. Aesthetic harmony meets cerebral allure in each piece, leading
viewers to search for a deeper meaning. Thus, each piece exists as a multifunctional entity, at once beautiful,
educational, and transformative.
[artists’ statement]

2. [0264] Earthtone Series
(Size: 18”x12”x19” high)
Mi-Teintes watercolor paper (2012)
Exhibited during 2012 solo show at
Guided By Invoices, Chelsea, New York
[0162] Green Balance
(Size: 15”x10”x16” high)
Mi-Teintes watercolor paper (2011)
In Smithsonian American Art Museum perma-
nent collection. Exhibited during 2012 invitational
show at Renwick Gallery, DC.
Pilchuck #3 (Size: 14”x10”x10” high)
Blown glass (2012)
Made during residency at Pilchuck Glass School
*larger images available upon request
THEDEMAINES[work samples]

3. Computational Echoes
(Panel Sizes: 50” x 26”)
High Enameled Kiln Fired Vitreography (2013)
Squam River Studios
Kiln Formed Glass Bowls and Vitreography
(Panel Sizes 32” x 32”) 2011
McGowan Fine Art Gallery
Cellular Array and Follicles Beginning
(Panel Sizes: 24” x 24”)
High Enameled Kiln Fired Vitreography (2012)
MIT Media Lab
[larger images available upon request]
SHANDRAMCLANE[work samples]