Islamic architecture dating back to about the 12th century is filled with intricate geometric tilings that appear to be generated using only a straight edge and a compass. Some of these patterns are called Girih tilings (see Wikipedia for explanation). This design contains the five basic shapes.

Islamic architecture dating back to about the 12th century is filled with intricate geometric tilings that appear to be generated using only a straight edge and a compass.  Some of these patterns are called Girih tilings (see Wikipedia for explanation).  This particular design contains several different Girih tile types along with a decorative pentagon.

Science meets art. The double helix is a beautiful structure and in this case a Girih tile pentagon is used for the model. Girih tiles appear in Islamic architecture dating back to about the 12th century and appear to be generated using only a straight edge and a compass. More details on the intricate geometric patterns that can be generated with these tiles can be found in Wikipedia.

Islamic architecture dating back to about the 12th century is filled with intricate geometric tilings that appear to be generated using only a straight edge and a compass. Some of these patterns are called Girih tilings (see Wikipedia for explanation). This design combines three Girih decagon tiles in a 3 dimensional design..

One of the triply periodic minimal surfaces described by Schwarz is called the P (primative) surface. To combine art with science a mesh design has been used for the surface and spheres have been placed at the intersection of the labyrinth networks of this primitive cubic lattice.

Triply periodic minimal surface discovered by Alan Schoen.

This chiral net is made up of rods in zigzag strips where every second strip is rotated by 60 degrees. This "bto net" was named after the chemical structure, boron trioxide.

A series of minimal surfaces based on the Enneper surface was found by two mathematicians, C.C. Chen and F. Gackstatter, in 1982. An outline of one of these surfaces is the basis for this pendant.