Dan Owen has graciously made this image available for us to show here and has provided close-ups (see below) of some components drawn from Alan's pre-eminent mathematical work with minimal surfaces, for a better appreciation of the ingenious artistry of the composition. See more of Dan's work on YouTube.

Alan Schoen was born on December 11, 1924, in Mount Vernon, NY, and passed away at age 98 on July 26, 2023, in Carbondale, IL. His accomplishments-studded and award-filled life is well documented. His own website is preserved to commemorate his achievements.

Alan devoted many decades of his illustrious career to the study of tilings, minimal surfaces, polyhedra, and the discovery of interesting phenomena associated with rhombic tilings. He collected his findings in a beautiful website, Schoen Geometry. It's heavy on the math but wonderfully illustrated. Check out his manuals on Rombix and its larger kin if you'd like to get more depth on the subject than our booklets provide.