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Pi Shapes

A grid of seemingly randomly-placed and rotated shapes, with numbers of sides from circles to nonagons. Each shape is a thin black line on top of the same shape drawn in a bright colour. Each row of shapes gradually gets smaller moving down the page
Print Date
Print Duration
32 minutes, 27 seconds
Paper Size
223×211 mm
Distance Drawn
13.80 m

The first 1200 digits of pi, laid out in a 40x30 grid. Each digit is represented by a shape with the same number of sides (with some creative licence for the lower digits).

Artwork Details

  • Nine colours — one per (visible) digit
  • Created whilst testing a new regular polygon component
  • Each shape has random rotation
A close-up view of a few of the colourful shapes

Pens used

  • uni PIN Fine Line

    — 0.1mm
    Black, PIN 01-200 BLACK, Archival ink

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Night Blue, 88/22

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Ultramarine, 88/32

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Apple Green, 88/33

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Red, 88/40

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Dark Blue, 88/41

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Yellow, 88/44

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Pine Green, 88/53

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Orange, 88/54

  • Stabilo Point 88 Fineliner

    — 0.4mm
    Lilac, 88/58