Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Geometry Links - January 27, 2021

 Starship Orb 

https://galacticastrologyacademy.com/starship-orb/
Editorial Comment:  Beautiful models but the “cosmic” vibe may put some people off.  You can ignore that and enjoy this detailed exploration of form.  Fine work.

Projection mapping on a wooden sculpture
https://youtu.be/37q1Gyqnus4

5 Mystics who created Sacred Geometry Art
https://labyrinthos.co/blogs/learn-tarot-with-labyrinthos-academy/5-mystics-who-created-sacred-geometry-art
hat tip Linda Clave
Editorial Comment:  see above, incidentally Carl Gustav Jung’s Red Book is available online at https://archive.org/details/RedBookByJung/page/n5/mode/2up

The structure of a “blue whirl” flame which burns all its fuel without producing soot
https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/33/eaba0827

Projection mapping the world’s oldest sundial
https://vimeo.com/497268061

Univ of Arkansas “courtyard curvahedra"
https://news.uark.edu/articles/55611/courtyard-curvahedra-to-be-installed-at-gearhart-hall
hat tip Vinay Gupta

Altered Insects - Steampunk insect art
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlteredInsects

Andy Goldsworthy’s Ice and Show Ephermeral Sculptures
https://aesthesiamag.wordpress.com/2017/12/31/andy-goldsworthys-ice-and-snow-ephemeral-sculptures/
Editorial Comment:  Two documentaries on Goldsworthy and his work:
Rivers and Tides
Leaning into the Wind
hat tip:  Ben Pincus

Video kinetic sculpture with double feedback loops
https://vimeo.com/499428683
More videos and explanation at http://lightherder.blogspot.com
And an earlier reference here at https://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2020/11/geometry-links-november-4-2020.html

Remembering Tony Longson, digital art pioneer
https://eztvmuseum.com/we-remember-tony-longson-r-i-p/
hat tip Victor Acevedo

Flatpack, non-deflatable soccer ball
http://www.nendo.jp/en/works/my-football-kit/
https://www.core77.com/posts/104333/Nendo-Designs-a-Flatpack-Non-Deflatable-Soccer-Ball-for-Developing-Nations
Editorial Comment:  There is some sophisticated geometry in soccer balls.  I remember a lecture at a Synergetics Symposium on different designs which respond to kicks without deforming unduly:  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1260/026635107782218822

50 hours to fold a samurai warrior from one sheet of paper
https://youtu.be/MtIf5WHTbns
hat tip Judy Rothstein (and boingboing.net)

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