These images were rendered at 6600 x 9900 pixels, using the facilities of the Numerical Lab of the NCSA at the University of Illinois. The transparent surfaces were produced with my soapfilm shader for Pixar's Renderman.

The images were printed in Seattle on the IRIS Giclée printer at Digicolor, on Arches archival paper, in two sizes: 14²/₃" x 22" and 22" x 33".

Each comes in a limited edition of only 23 prints. The smaller prints are available, matted and framed, for $400, while the larger prints are $600.

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Foamy Partition: Weaire-Phelan © 1995,1999 John M Sullivan http://www.math.uiuc.edu/~jms The Weaire-Phelan foam is a counterexample to Kelvin's conjecture about the best partition of space into equal-volume cells.

Optiverse: Framework Interior © 1998,1999 John M Sullivan, George Francis, Stuart Levy http://new.math.uiuc.edu/optiverse An inside view of an everting sphere from The Optiverse, a video by John M. Sullivan, George Francis, Stuart Levy, produced at the Univ. of Illinois, Math. Dept. and NCSA, 1998.

Optiverse: Minimax Sphere Eversion © 1999 John M Sullivan, George Francis, Stuart Levy, Camille Goudeseune http://new.math.uiuc.edu/optiverse The minimax sphere eversion from The Optiverse, a video by John M. Sullivan, George Francis and Stuart Levy, with original music by Camille Goudeseune, produced at the Univ. of Illnois (Math. Dept. and NCSA), 1998.