Make: Volume 91

All photos © Nick Sayers

they are often taught that way. But Sayers, who

excelled at both in school, figured out early that

when tuned to the same frequency, math and art

can inform one another to beautiful ends.

Using found objects and an ethos of reuse,

Sayers’ continuous, looping explorations of art,

math, and environment test the confines and

possibilities of the world. His work first came to

our attention at Maker Faire U.K. in Newcastle-

Upon-Tyne and at Brighton Mini Maker Faire,

where over the years he shared iterations of his

Bicycle Spirograph drawing machines alongside

other art. It was hard to miss, with crowds of

all ages clamoring ...