Hypersphaerae jesteri

Hypersphaerae jesteri

Harlequin Superball

This multi-colored ball features a random pattern of primary and secondary colored diamond and rhomboid shaped blocks intermixed with blocks of white.  No two adjacent blocks are of the same color.  The pattern is reminiscent of the designs featured on the outfits of jesters throughout history and the Harlequin character from commedia del' arte.  The surface design appears to be a "skin" or separate layer, mounted onto the ball's core.  H jesteri can be found with both a textured, matte surface or a shiny, smooth one.

Photo Courtesy of Lenore M. Edman, www.evilmadscientist.com

 

Hypersphaerae jesteri 

by Henry J. Simonds

2013

Antique glass display case, hand-cut brass engraved plate, velvet, and plexiglass.

Completed for the exhibition, Super•Ball, hosted at The Mine Factory in Pittsburgh, PA, December 2013.

Photo: ©2013 Henry J. Simonds/Headwater Media.

 

A photograph of a HYPERSPHAERA JESTERI  (Harlequin Superball), SC-F6, is featured on one of the Official I.S.S. T-Shirts available on the Sphaeralogical Society's Etsy on-line shop: ***click here***

Photo: ©2013 Henry J. Simonds/Headwater Media.

Superball - Bouncing 'Round the World

Hey All,

Images from Global Impact, the grouping purchased by Middlebury College, has begun to be permanently installed in locations around the world.
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Dear colleagues,

Earlier today, Thatcher Littlefield, preparator at the college museum (copied here) swiftly and beautifully installed the Henry Simonds’Global Impact image for McCardell Bicentennil Hall and its label explaining how it is but one part of a globe-encompassing work. The image is right on axis of the corridor through which one enters the building from the parking lot, and provides a compelling, target-like, visual terminus to that long corridor. 

Attached are three photograph: one from far away, one from a bit closer, and one from pretty close.

Happy holidays!

All best,
Pieter

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and Paris! (signage in French!)

 
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Our balls are going global!

http://sites.middlebury.edu/announcements/2019/06/25/institute-displays-global-impact-piece-by-henry-simonds/

In a long planned effort, this piece, Global Impact—which is a portfolio of Sphaeralogical motion capture images—is finally being distributed around the world.

Very excited and grateful to Middlebury College for this acquisition.

Henry J. Simonds, Chief Sphaeralogist

I.S.S. Jewelry Update! Think this is really it!

Mark Potter!! A SPHAERAOLGICAL PIONEER!!

Hey Folks,

I just learned that my high-school art Teacher, Mark Winslow Potter, was integrating Super-Balls into his work as early as 1982.  This man was a inspiration to me and helped me to push through my self-conscious blocks and find new ways of seeing.  I swear that I never knew of this work, nor had seen it.  I love that - almost 30 years later! - I found similar inspiration in these amazing spheres.

Awesome!

Henry

Pierogi Gallery - Flat Files

I am happy to say that Pierogi Gallery at 155 Suffolk St. NY, NY 10002 in New York's Lower East Side has included 9 works from the SUPER•BALL series in their artist flat files.  3 of the works can be found in their online gallery here:
http://flatfiles.pierogi2000.com/artist/henry-j-simonds

It is a privilege to be included in such great company.  So please check out their site and head over to peruse their files.

Best,

Henry

Middlebury College - Installation pro tempore of GLOBAL IMPACT

Temporary and ONLY installation of GLOBAL IMPACT at Middlebury College

These 21 photographs are to be distributed to 21 separate locations across the Middlebury institutional footprint to exist as a single, globe-encompassing work of art.