The structure of the PET-Sphere is based on the platonic solid icosahedron with double iteration.
Each pair of bottles corresponds to an edge and the corner points are screwed together by the closures. This creates a self-supporting construction.
Biography Josef Baier
1951 born in Salzburg/Austria
1975- 81 Studies at the University for Fine Arts and Industrial Design, Sculpture-Department, Linz/Austria (Kunst-Uni Linz)
1981- 82 Scholarship: 3 month in Cairo/Egypt and 6 month in Antwerp/Belgium
1985 - 2016 art educator at Kunst-Uni Linz
lives and works in Leonding/Austria
Exhibitions or participations at art-workshops in Austria, Italy, Germany, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Nigeria, Senegal, South-Africa, Zambia, Japan and Argentina
www.Josef-Baier.at