Comments on: Exploded propellorized truncated wooden icosahedron http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: alphagirl http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750862 alphagirl Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750862 Very cool! It kinda reminds me of my friend Lee's work, except most of his stuff is more solid, since they are also puzzles. http://pacificpuzzleworks.com/21522 Very cool! It kinda reminds me of my friend Lee’s work, except most of his stuff is more solid, since they are also puzzles.

http://pacificpuzzleworks.com/21522

]]> By: freshacconci http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750102 freshacconci Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750102 You sure that's not a sphere with lines carved into it? You sure that’s not a sphere with lines carved into it?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750110 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750110 Very sure. Look at the wood grains in the larger picture, they're all going in different directions. Very sure. Look at the wood grains in the larger picture, they’re all going in different directions.

]]> By: gmoke http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750637 gmoke Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750637 George Hart is also a great teacher. I attended one of his workshops at RISD as part of Carl Fasano's Design Science course, a course based upon Dr Arthur Loeb's thirty years of work at Harvard. George Hart has a number of different projects that he can do with small and large groups and the experience of building a geometric object far outweighs the experience of looking at the same object. One of the things we built was a giant Zomeworks construction that was bigger than a person. I'm looking at a photo of it now and the complexity of it is astonishing. His online encyclopedia of polyhedra is also very useful: http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html George Hart is also a great teacher. I attended one of his workshops at RISD as part of Carl Fasano’s Design Science course, a course based upon Dr Arthur Loeb’s thirty years of work at Harvard. George Hart has a number of different projects that he can do with small and large groups and the experience of building a geometric object far outweighs the experience of looking at the same object.

One of the things we built was a giant Zomeworks construction that was bigger than a person. I’m looking at a photo of it now and the complexity of it is astonishing. His online encyclopedia of polyhedra is also very useful: http://www.georgehart.com/virtual-polyhedra/vp.html

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750391 nixiebunny Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750391 I find this sphere strangely comforting, but I did grow up in a geodesic dome. I find this sphere strangely comforting, but I did grow up in a geodesic dome.

]]> By: Dean Putney http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750156 Dean Putney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750156 I don't think I have enough patience to make something like that. I don’t think I have enough patience to make something like that.

]]> By: KBert http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750159 KBert Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750159 Is the propeller inside? I want to see it fly. Is the propeller inside?
I want to see it fly.

]]> By: omegamango http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750935 omegamango Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750935 DCulberson @ Dean, FTW. This sculpture is neither exploded nor propellerized nor truncated nor an icosahedron, discuss... DCulberson @ Dean, FTW.

This sculpture is neither exploded nor propellerized nor truncated nor an icosahedron, discuss…

]]> By: Rich Keller http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750424 Rich Keller Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750424 The artist said that the design of the sculptures takes much longer than the actual construction and he uses laser and plasma cutters to save time and to get precise shapes. So, it actually wouldn't be all that arduous to do. He even has barn raising style assembly parties to put them together sometimes. The artist said that the design of the sculptures takes much longer than the actual construction and he uses laser and plasma cutters to save time and to get precise shapes. So, it actually wouldn’t be all that arduous to do. He even has barn raising style assembly parties to put them together sometimes.

]]> By: glory bee http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-751713 glory bee Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-751713 It is so beautiful! I love wood in housing and design. It beats polystyrene et alii hands down. It's because it's near to our ancient hearts. It is so beautiful! I love wood in housing and design. It beats polystyrene et alii hands down. It’s because it’s near to our ancient hearts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750179 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750179 Ignoring how difficult it would be to stain the individual sections so precisely if it were just carved lines, look at the wood grain for your answer. Ignoring how difficult it would be to stain the individual sections so precisely if it were just carved lines, look at the wood grain for your answer.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750198 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750198 Beyond the artist's statement that it's not (he says it's four different woods), you can clearly see the grain and it's definitely different woods and different orientations. This piece is really cool; way cooler than it even looks at first glance. It's almost got an optical illusion thing going on with the various paths your eye can follow. Pick up on the yellow wood blocks as a path and the darker blocks turn into background. Pick up on the darker paths and the yellow blocks turn into background. Beyond that is the math to describe it. I bet the making of this was "interesting" in the sense of the purported Chinese curse. Beyond the artist’s statement that it’s not (he says it’s four different woods), you can clearly see the grain and it’s definitely different woods and different orientations.

This piece is really cool; way cooler than it even looks at first glance. It’s almost got an optical illusion thing going on with the various paths your eye can follow. Pick up on the yellow wood blocks as a path and the darker blocks turn into background. Pick up on the darker paths and the yellow blocks turn into background. Beyond that is the math to describe it. I bet the making of this was “interesting” in the sense of the purported Chinese curse.

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750203 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750203 Same here. I bet my version would get a good base going, just enough to tell it'll eventually be roughly spherical, then sit in a corner for a decade reminding me of my inadequacies before I throw it out in frustration. Maybe I should get started on that soon. Same here. I bet my version would get a good base going, just enough to tell it’ll eventually be roughly spherical, then sit in a corner for a decade reminding me of my inadequacies before I throw it out in frustration. Maybe I should get started on that soon.

]]> By: jfrancis http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-751227 jfrancis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-751227 Some others - http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/SCULPTS/sculpts.html Some others -

http://www.eecs.berkeley.edu/~sequin/SCULPTS/sculpts.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750231 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750231 It's not really round on the top. What lousy craftsmanship. [The above comment is a joke, a criticism of all the yahoos who hang out writing comments against those of us who work hard to make stuff. Get a life]. Nice work George Hart, in that one piece you've done more than most people will do their whole lives. It’s not really round on the top. What lousy craftsmanship. [The above comment is a joke, a criticism of all the yahoos who hang out writing comments against those of us who work hard to make stuff. Get a life]. Nice work George Hart, in that one piece you’ve done more than most people will do their whole lives.

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-750764 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-750764 If you draw an equilateral triangle and then bisect the angles with a super-sharp pencil and magnifying glass (which you will need when the angles get SERIOUSLY small), you will eventually end up with a perfectly modeled sphere, utilizing only straight lines. I have done this and it was magnificent. If you draw an equilateral triangle and then bisect the angles with a super-sharp pencil and magnifying glass (which you will need when the angles get SERIOUSLY small), you will eventually end up with a perfectly modeled sphere, utilizing only straight lines. I have done this and it was magnificent.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/04/02/exploded-propelloriz.html#comment-751030 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-751030 http://www.georgehart.com/propello/propello.html http://www.georgehart.com/propello/propello.html

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