Inventory of Huff Archive at HfG, Ulm

From the student parquet deformation assignments, William Huff then selected what he chose as the best and compiled an archive at each of his three universities in turn, at Ulm, Carnegie-Mellon and Buffalo. However, these are not readily accessible; viewing, as yet, is not available online, but only by appointment, with a personal visit required. However, various publications do show the occasional example, but these are few and far between. Recently, another parquet deformation enthusiast, Werner Van Hoeydonck, has visited the HfG Archive at Ulm (between Stuttgart and Munich) and has kindly made the 60 works, from a variety of students, available to me (December 2020). The archive is a veritable treasure trove! Each work is catalogued by title, designer, dimensions (in inches) medium (Indian ink), the university, the season and year (combined), and archive number. Note that the cataloging is not always consistent; although it is largely chronological, it is not strictly so. Whether by design or not, each student is represented only once. It is unclear if this is because the student did only one design, at least as a standalone finished work, as against numerous sketches of a variety of ideas. For my inventory, I retain most of these elements (five) as well as adding my own. I will later discuss the works in individual detail, or at least of my favored instances.

The inventory below includes the ‘unofficial’ page number of the document, the archive number, the designer, title, year, size, format, core polygon, and deform device. Note that this listing is very much an initial effort. This being so, the presentation at least will likely change in the future. In particular, this concerns the ‘core polygon’ and ‘deform’ device; it is not always a straightforward matter to determine. As with most of my studies in general, all are very much a work in progress. However, if I waited until the writing was of an article-quality standard, this may never appear (or at least appearing many years later!), and so as is my wont, I thus put out an initial piece. Over time, this will become ever more stable, with less change.

Although unlikely, given the passage of time, I would be more than delighted to hear from any of Huff’s students here. Very few are contactable. Time constraints forbid me attempting to reach out to all or even most here.

Inventory of Huff Archive at HfG, Ulm
Page	Archive No.	Name	Title	Year	Size	Format	Core Polygon*	Deform Device*
1	01.014	David Henderson	Arrangements in Scrambles	1963	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hexagon	Line rotates inside cell
2	01.017	Robert Summerfeldt	Fence Mesh - Block Bond	1963	19” x 27½”	Strip	Rhombus	Exterior line flex
3	01.019	Arthur Carlston	Leather of the Greater Gator	1964	19” x 27¾”	Strip, l-r, u-d	Square subdivide	Line rotates inside cell
4	01.007	Thomas C. Davies	Leather of the Lessor Gator	1964	19” x 19”	Square, l-r, u-d	Square subdivide	Exterior line
5	01.022	Robert Glenn	Toccata	1965	19” x 27¾””	Strip. l-r, u-d	Square subdivide	Line deform
6	01.025	Bruce McCloskey	Fugality [sic]	1966	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square, right-angled triangle	Line deform
7	01.030	Laland Chen	Y Knot	1977	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Order 3 tile	Line rotates inside cell
8	01.033	Maurizio Sabini	Venetian Net	1982	19” x 27¾”	Strip	‘Square’	Pimple
9	01.034	Kristine Kemmis	Step-by-Step	1985	19” x 27½”	Strip	‘Square’	Pimple
10	01.035	Alexandria Gelencser	Swizzle Stick Twist	1986	19” x 27¾”	Strip	ELT	Exterior Line rotates
11	01.037	Michael Cuttita	Wiry Wonder	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Y-hexomino	Pimple
12	01.038	Darren Moritz	Enlarging on Four Points	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Order 4 polygon	Pimple
13	01.009	Loretta Anne Fontaine	One in Threes makes Three...	1991	19” x 19”	Triangle	Order 3 polygon	Line rotates inside cell
14	01.040	Jack Holnbeck	Crosses Crookedly Crisscrossed	1990	19” x 27¾”	Strip, l-r, u-d	‘Greek Cross’	Line rotates inside cell
15	01.042	Tina Naccia	Wreathes [sic] of Holly	1991	19” x 27¾”	Strip	ELT	Line rotates inside cell
16	01.010	Hsuan-huei Chen	Glint of a Dragonfly’s Eye	1993	19” x 19”	Hexagon	Rhombus	Pimple
17	01.048	Xin-hua-Jian	L T X	1996	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Greek Cross	Line flex
18	01.049	Yuqing (Karen) Li	Voiding the Voids	1998	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square	Pimple
19	01.011	Roland B. Findlay III	All in a Family	1965	22” x 22”	Square, l-r, u-d	Square	Pimple
20	01.012	Maurizio Sabini	Venetian Net	1982	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square	Pimple
21	01.014	Mui Lai (Kae) Chan	Pointing to Tortoise Shells	1998	21” x 28¾”	Strip, diagonal	‘Hexagon’	Pimple
22	01.015	Kirk Burzynski	Propelling	1978	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hex base	Line rotates inside cell
23	05.018	David Goldman	Crackle	1983	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hex base	Line rotates inside cell
24	05.019	Ana Beloch	Mission	1985	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square base	Pimple
25	05.018	Kathleen Harrigan	A Rake’s Progress	1986	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square based	Pimple
26	05.021	Richard J. Cmkovich	Cmk’s Cranks	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hex based	Line rotates inside cell
27	05.022	Brian Mitchell	A Little Like and Rose	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hex based	Pimple
28	05.023	Paul Randazzese	Brocade	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	ELT based	Exterior line successively deforms
29	06.011	David Oleson	The I and the Center	1964	19” x 19”	Square, l-r, u-d	Square based	Exterior line successively deforms
30	06.012	Lawrence Robinson	Sitting Ducks	1977	19” x 27¾”	Triangle	Square based	Exterior line successively deforms
31	06.014	Frances Marie Russo	Wiggle-waggle	1978	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square based	Exterior line successively deforms
32	06.015	Frank W. Dunn	Memory Chip Meander	1985	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square based	Pimple
33	06.016	Herbert Guenther	Two-handed Interlock	1985	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square based	Pimple
34	06.017	Mary Purdy	Strange Start, Startling Stop	1985	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hexagon	Pimple
35	06.018	Michael Lyon	Florescence	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hexagon	Exterior line successively deforms
36	06.019	William McAdams	Tricellular trade	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hexagon	Rotating line in cell
37	06.020	Pamela McCracken	Cloisonné	1990	19” x 29¾”	Strip	Square	Pimple
38	06.021	Chang-Hee Moon	Siphoned Off	1998	19” x 29”	Strip	Square	Pimple
39	07.024	Through the Wall	Arlene Possin	1978	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square	Pimple
40	07.026	Beecombing Blossoms	Laird Pylkas	1983	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hexagon	Pimple
41	07.031	Paddle Wheels	Fernando Polletta	1986	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hexagonal	Exterior line successively deforms
42	07.036	Longevity	Chun-Tao (Todd) Tung	1998	2” x 22” x 29¾”?	Strip	Square	Pimple
43	08.020	Opus Optimum	Robert Skolnik	1966	28” x 39¾”	Strip	ELT	Rotating line in cell
44	08.021	In-tri-cut	Marsha Berger	1970	23” x 28”	Square, l-r; u-d	Rhombus	Rotating line in cell, hinge
45	08.022	Fret Mayanaise [sic]	William E. Frankenstein	1977	38” x 28”	Winding Strip	Square	Pimple
46	08.023	Diamond Filigree	Jeffrey D. Roos	1982	19” x 38”	Strip	Hexagon	Side Deform
47	08.024	In Two Movements	Rodney Wadkins	1989	19” x 31½	Strip, square	Square	Pimple
48	08.025	Sparkler	Robert A. Lominski	1990	28” x 38 ¾”	Strip	ELT	Line deform
49	08.026	From Claw to Maw	Enrique Pantoja	1990	19” x 38”	Strip	Underlying ELT?	Pimple
50	08.027	Stretching a Point or Two	Thomas Breen	1993	23” x 23”	Right-Angled Triangle	?	Side Deform
51	08.028	Knightly Mail	Sam Esposto	1993	28” x 38”	Strip	Herringbone	Hinge
52	08.029	Rolling Surge	Donato Lafrate	1993	28” x 39”	Strip	Square	Line rotate
53	08.030	Hollyhock Stalks	Yu-chi (Jason) Liu	1996	38” x 28”*	Strip	Hexagon	Line deform
54	08.032	Triskelia Transmogrified	Qi lan (Tina) Ye	1998	28” x 38”	Strip	Hexagon	Pimple?
55	09.033	Parquet Deformation	Mark Mikulski	1986	18¾” x 18¾”	Square, Steps	Square	Pimple
56	09.034	Parquet Deformation	Anonymous	?	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Hexagon	Side Deform
57	09.035	Parquet Deformation	William Dailey	1977	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square?	Line rotate
58	08.036	Toward the Square	Grace Ru Chiang	1989	19” x 27¾”	Strip	Square	Flex, Pimple
59	09.037	Hexagonal at the Core	Daniel Deboy	1990	19” x 27¾	Strip	Hexagon	Exterior line rotation, pimple
60	09.038	Der Jugendstil lebt wieder	Mark Schwarz	1990	19” x 29¾”	Strip	Square	Exterior line rotation

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