I'm a big fan of art that explores unusual topologies:
Peggy Wyman
Rebecca McEntee
Peggy Wiedemann
Charles O Perry
Carlo H. Séquin
I also like models of polyhedron and the like:
George W. Hart
Bathsheba Grossman
And hyperbolic planes:
Daina Taimina
I'm amazed by these tessellations expressed through origami:
Eric Gjerde
And the intersection between programming and origami:
Robert J Lang
See Also:
Mathematicians Get Crafty with Geometry
A Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities
The Extreme Sport of Origami
Virtual Math Museum
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For more on art, math, and origami, I highly recommend the documentary Between the Folds.
Thanks to Jing for alerting me to a recent example of math inspiring fashion in the news:
Mathematics Meets Fashion: Thurston's Concepts Inspire Designer
Fashion and Advanced Mathematics Meet at Miyake
Designers Outline a New Geometry
Interview with Dai Fujiwara and Professor William Thurston at the Issey Miyake Fashion Show in Paris
Issey Miyake Fashion Show: Women's Ready to Wear Autumn/Winter 2010/11
Thanks to Matt Paul for alerting me to these awesome sculptures made out of lego! http://www.maa.org/features/lego.html
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