Celebrating the Beauty of Physics

My artworks are attempts at showing the beauty of the phenomenon - such as rainbow patterns caused by diffraction - and the beauty of the underlying mathematics.

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Inspired by antique technical drawings, MC Escher's art and Sir Roger Penrose's hand-crafted physics illustrations, I aim at creating scientific visualizations that could - or should - be mistaken for engimatic abstract art that stands on its own. 

In a world of AI, I am exploring what it means to be a human creator - wielding pencils and code precisely and slowly. 

About elkement

I have worked on superconductors, heat pumps, and public key infrastructures. Software development has been part of all my jobs. Now I am funneling all of that into my art!

My name is Elke Stangl, and elkement is an amalgam of my first name and my long-term internet alias "The Subversive Element". 

My art has been exhibited at the Mathematical Art Digital Exhibition at Queens College, New York. 

Formal education: MSc/PhD in applied physics, MSc in renewable energy engineering.

Informal education: Life-long tinkering with software and websites.

Education I never figured I would need one day: High-school classes in traditional descriptive geometry.

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elkement.art is a project of punktwissen - the engineering consultancy run by elkement and my husband. Following Star Trek terminology he is Chief Engineer and I am Science Officer.

The platform for this website, as well as fulfillment of orders and payments are managed by Fourthwall.

Each product is custom-made (print-on-demand).