Geometry Links - December 29, 2022

 Bouncing the 30 strut tensegrity

https://www.facebook.com/704373947/videos/873584170328691

Adding 3D fractals to real footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbKpEOl6Z1o

Flaking Out - a gallery of paper snowflakes
https://flakingout.weebly.com

Optical illusions of brightness reduce the pupil of the eye
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1118298109
https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill/status/1594804375196950528

Rotaboxes - a game where you rotate parts of a picture to complete it
https://rotaboxes.com

Molly Montgomery’s photographs - I first searched her out for her alphabet rocks
https://alphabetrocks.zenfolio.com
hat tip @baarda@mastodon.green

Generative jigsaw puzzles and much more
https://n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com/shop/index.php
NYTimes article on their work
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/09/science/puzzles-jigsaw-math.html?unlocked_article_code=W9oW3SpmUcBOJvChlx-NVK95v9FTPpRq1czjTgKkDe9mtI0T0JX60CLvP1uEg--AyQHlTEmfSH4gLjpOKW7BYuVFEKVmjOF4SBLlQAtfeGgVj4qC2Ro-K8iObOcl4FZ_vJGfjMCGoHWqpYlohdeyAbX5dvvVCzlAkAHN-I22s0nwaTkCxe-1CExyxM1nqscd4_XLYmrQKA4Xi2Tn72u7mspnZl8C31J08B3UmWKN7LrsuVkn7nrIGGMtyEbBnhnXumSRddGcgIhw5dF-yxf0C2srvrLQKAx442EioBdiwopjqUQsoCHYzbjVoQIXWfeZO4ZNUTOE-rAJDpfIfg&smid=em-share

Paper marbling simulation
https://apps.amandaghassaei.com/marbling-experiment/

Octa-Tetra Museum of Dan Suttin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDDKrhLSaaU
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100050990596687
hat tip to David Brian Koski

Visualizing Complexity Modular Information Design Handbook
https://www.superdot.studio/visualizing-complexity-modular-information-design-handbook
hat tip Rob Ray as a Cool Tools recommendation (https://kk.org/cooltools/whats-in-my-now-rob-ray/)

Folding Wall Desk from Robert van Embricqs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a31Td9NOfM
https://www.robertvanembricqs.com
hat tip core77.com

Mathemalchemy - A collaborative art-math / math-art installation imagined and fabricated by 24 core mathemalchemists representing a diverse range of mathematical and artistic experience and expertise.
January 4-7 and January 19-March 4
BU, 808 Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston
To learn more about the exhibition and related events, click here:
https://www.bu.edu/arts/Mathemalchemy-events/

Happy Merry New and Bah Humbug!

Geometry Links - November 9, 2022

 3D printed wood that morphs from flat to shaped

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2334808-3d-printed-wood-could-start-flat-then-twist-into-furniture-as-it-dries/

https://www.core77.com/posts/116702/3D-Printing-Wood-That-Morphs-from-Flat-to-Shaped
Video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHj4Rg8z7LU

Gary Doskas’ tetrahelix research lecture series (7 videos) 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOqvAAXNHjIilhnFKskpPkbaOTc23MwGi

Cosmati Pavement mosaic floor of the High Altar of Westminster Abbey laid down in 1268
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10154664247595337&set=a.401579910336
hat tip Rita Cummings

225 paper bag hats
https://www.kiraod.com/moses/mydadshats.html

Polyhedral perspective from The Polyhedrists: Art and Geometry in the Long Sixteenth Century by Noam Andrews
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/polyhedral-perspective

The rippled β-sheet layer configuration—a novel supramolecular architecture based on predictions by Pauling and Corey in 1953
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/SC/D2SC02531K
hat tip scitechdaily.com

Sylvia Rucker’s geometric quilts 
http://www.sylviarucker.com
Editorial Comment:  Sylvia Rucker is the wife of mathematician and sf writer Rudy Rucker

Geometric patterns of planets
https://www.cosmic-core.org/free/article-254-geometry-of-the-solar-system-part-1-geometric-patterns-of-planets/
Editorial Comment:  May be a little outside for some but the patterns of the planets’ orbits in relation to each other are very spirographic, if you remember that toy, and beautiful

Geometry to simulate the moon’s gravity
https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1584897053770932224
More at  https://buff.ly/3HOAqbT

Geometric tent with advanced materials
https://shiftpod.com/shiftpod/

Scott Albrechts typographical art
https://scottalbrecht.com
https://boingboing.net/2022/11/01/stunning-new-book-of-scott-albrechts-deconstructed-typographical-art-plus-a-gallery-show-in-san-francisco.html

Sacred geometry children’s course - a little expensive and too outside for many but may be interesting to some, book coming soon
https://jain108academy.com/sacred-geometry-children-course/

Geometry Links - August 27, 2022

Link - a method for using scrap leather
https://beller.no/link/
https://www.core77.com/posts/116380/The-Link-Series-A-Solution-for-Luxury-Leather-Scraps

Live stream of Webb telescope photographs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__xuMe5rLGc
hat tip to Marc Rudnick
Zooming into the Southern Ring Nebula
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-4CCOLvE1g

Reclaim the Void - using traditional Aboriginal art to reclaim mining pits and holes
https://www.reclaimthevoid.com.au
hat tip: Brenda Loew

Designing zeolites to trap molecules
https://energy.mit.edu/news/porous-materials-designed-to-trap-molecules/
Database of organic structure-directing agents for zeolites
https://zeodb.mit.edu/index

Halitrephes maasi jellyfish
https://twitter.com/wonderofscience/status/1553734725759483906

Shamanic art of Joska Soos, Magyar shaman
http://www.joskasoos.be/index2.php?page=en/tentoonstellingen/galerij

MIT Self-Assembly Lab
https://selfassemblylab.mit.edu

Solar Beach Umbrella from Italo Rota and Chuck Hoberman
https://designawards.core77.com/speculative-design/111637
https://www.core77.com/posts/116573/The-Solar-Powered-Beach-Umbrella-Wants-to-Make-Summer-Energy-Use-More-Sustainable

Graphyne may be better than graphene and has now been produced in larger quantities
https://bigthink.com/the-future/graphyne/
hat tip: www.dailykos.com

ORBIC Field v75x by Victor Acevedo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWhB8fmQP_4
More at https://www.youtube.com/user/Acevedomedia

"Observation of Time-Crystalline Eigenstate Order on a Quantum Processor" or time crystal made inside quantum computer
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2107.13571.pdf
https://www.livescience.com/google-invents-time-crystal

Edmund Harriss’ tiling installation at the Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158871088776964&set=pcb.10158871088841964
(check out all the pictures)

Geometry Links - July 21, 2022

Joey Roth’s poster explanations using clear line drawings now available as digital files
https://www.joeyroth.com
https://www.core77.com/posts/115784/Joey-Roths-Letterpress-Posters-Now-Available-as-Digital-Files

Arabic calligraphy
https://twitter.com/BaytAlFann/status/1530480901771124737
Solar Exoskeletons – An integrated building system combining solar gain control with structural efficiency
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0038092X22003930

If AIs figure out how to cast spells
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10166425783560335

George Westren’s geometric art rescued from the trash
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/06/27/george-westren-artist-alan-warbutron/

Polygons on Mars
https://www.uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_073471_0950

Geri Hahn, an artist with synesthesia, explains her condition
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGvy0sJfSMo

Diana Scherer - artist inspired by root forms to make art and clothing
https://dianascherer.nl

Making of the "Reference Flame" Tensegrity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-3WVXBshHc

The structure of corn kernels and Incan architecture
https://www.facebook.com/DigitalSmokeSignals/photos/a.10150509342844746/10162046291389746/
hat tip Dylan Loman

Making the Fletcher Capstan Table
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVbo7ycpkeI

Wadada Leo Smith’s Ankhrasmation
https://wadadaleosmith.com/philosophy-and-language-of-music/ankhrasmation-gallery/

Geometry Links - May 24, 2022

Strandbeest evolution - Theo Jansen continues his work
https://youtu.be/C97kMKwZ2-g
https://boingboing.net/2022/04/29/an-update-on-what-dutch-kinetic-sculptor-theo-jansen-has-been-up-to.html
Editorial Comment: I’d like to see Jansen and Miyazaki, the great anime creator, collaborate. They have similar imaginations.

Gerald de Jong’s "Tensegrity Twist Axis (4 struts, 9 cords). In real life you see curves )( that are not there."
https://www.facebook.com/704373947/videos/586449305797964

Kinetic art piece
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6927966695290490880/

Origami simulator
https://origamisimulator.org
hat tip boingboing.net

Puzzle maze bolt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJOOLH9ZP2I
https://www.core77.com/posts/115625/Combining-3D-Printing-and-Lost-Wax-Casting-to-Make-a-3D-Puzzle

The generative art of Emma Kunz
https://twitter.com/Eko3316/status/1451485705314635782

Saul Griffith et alia’s detailed Sankey diagram tracking every unit of energy in the USAmerican economy and what it does
http://www.departmentof.energy

"The geometric beauty of Singapore’s social housing tables"
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/may/14/the-geometric-beauty-of-singapores-social-housing-tables-in-pictures

He quit his job to make marbles
https://www.etsy.com/shop/FaroutFacets
https://www.instagram.com/faroutfacets/
https://www.marketplace.org/2022/05/16/glass-art-called-to-him-so-he-left-home-depot-to-make-marbles/

Environmental artist Jon Foreman
https://sculpttheworld.smugmug.com
https://www.instagram.com/sculpttheworld/
hat tip Rich Sage

Using sound to form and transform heart cells
https://stanmed.stanford.edu/listening/innovations-helping-harness-sound-acoustics-healing.html
hat tip Lorna Liana
Editorial Comment: Take a look at the work and life of Milford Graves, a drummer, teacher, and experimenter who treated his own disease of the heart with rhythm and music.
Exhibition: https://icaphila.org/exhibitions/milford-graves-a-mind-body-deal/
Book: http://www.inventorypress.com/product/milford-graves-a-mind-body-deal
NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/nyregion/milford-graves-drummer.html
NYTimes obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/arts/music/milford-graves-dead.html

Rachel Dein’s "botanical art in plaster and concrete"
https://www.racheldein.com
https://www.treehugger.com/plaster-cast-bas-reliefs-of-plant-specimens-by-rachel-dein-5272423

Geometry Links - April 29, 2022

$100 flatpack solar hot water heater, made in Scotland, now being tested in Africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-60617154

Bike helmet geometry
https://wavecel.com
https://www.core77.com/posts/113174/Demonstrating-a-Safer-Bike-Helmet-Heres-What-Happens-to-Your-Brain-in-a-Crash

Herbert W. Franke - 95 year old computer artist, scientist, philosopher
https://art-meets-science.info

Geomorphological Landscapes
https://www.instagram.com/geomorphological_landscapes/
hat tip kk.org/cooltools

1:44 Turquoise-Amethyst Portal at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10161579444149428&set=pcb.10161579444289428

Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2113883119
hat tip https://www.salon.com/2022/03/20/the-weird-reason-symmetry-abounds-in-nature-may-have-to-do-with-our-genes-striving-for-efficiency/
NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/science/symmetry-biology-evolution.html

New form of ice - there are 20 so far and theoretically around 300 different forms of ice possible
https://www.zmescience.com/space/physicists-find-a-new-type-of-exotic-ice-that-likely-exists-deep-in-earths-mantle-or-even-water-rich-alien-planets/
https://phys.org/news/2022-03-ice.html
Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.104109
Ice XI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ice_XI_View_along_c_axis.png
hat tip Warren Ellis and Robert McElaney
Editorial Comment: I don’t believe they’ve found Vonnegut’s Ice Nine yet though.

BBC on spirals
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220318-the-ancient-enigma-that-still-resonates-today

Is Geometry a Language That Only Humans Know?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/science/geometry-math-brain-primates.html

Chainmail fabric goes from flexible to rigid
https://www.core77.com/posts/114266/Smart-Chain-Mail-Fabric
Paper: Structured fabrics with tunable mechanical properties
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03698-7
Editorial Comment: octahedral magic!

Yusuke Oono’s 360º pop-up books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9DrzsNPPVo
https://www.amazon.com/sk=Yusuke+Oono&i=stripbooks&language=en_US&crid=2V961XY7457V0&linkCode=sl2&linkId=5dd15e47c7942442831ad8ba79155cbf&sprefix=yusuke+oono%2Cstripbooks%2C57&tag=theawes-20&ref=as_li_ss_tl
https://www.core77.com/posts/114559/Architect-Uses-CAD-and-Laser-Cutter-to-Create-360-Degree-Pop-Up-Books

24 beautiful blue Islamic buildings for Ramadan
https://twitter.com/BaytAlFann/status/1514531588301803523
hat tip Leela Corman (http://www.leelacorman.com)

Geometry Links - March 6, 2022

 A "non-orientable surface” (Klein Bottle) generated by Gerald de Jong

https://www.facebook.com/gerald.dejong/videos/324558822924822
Big Bang
https://www.facebook.com/gerald.dejong/posts/10159535349903948

Prithvi Dev, kinetic geometer, experimenting with graphic-screens, jitterbugs, and higher-dimensional moire patterns
https://www.prithvidev.com
https://vimeo.com/user25052413
https://www.youtube.com/user/RanaChannaBanana/videos

Simon Beck’s snow art
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDMuN6YOWFs
https://twitter.com/buitengebieden_/status/1487862165239386119
https://www.facebook.com/snowart8848
https://www.instagram.com/simonbeck_snowart/
Editorial Comment:  from Geometry Links for December 14, 2014:
Simon Beck’s snow and sand drawings
http://www.theguardian.com/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/gallery/2014/nov/06/simon-becks-snow-art-landscapes-mathematical-designs-drawings-alps

Making Designer Crystals?:  "Tunable assembly of hybrid colloids induced by regioselective depletion"
https://www.osti.gov/pages/biblio/1659477-tunable-assembly-hybrid-colloids-induced-regioselective-depletion
https://cleantechnica.com/2022/02/06/making-designer-crystals-its-easier-with-a-new-targeted-particle-bonding-strategy/

Mathemalchemy Exhibit - many videos, on display at US National Academies in Washington, DC until June 13
https://mathemalchemy.org/
hat tip Edmund Harriss

Victor Acevedo’s "VR Domemaster video for Orbic Field dm02"
https://www.facebook.com/victor.acevedo.92102/videos/330509818997227

Angela Johal’s “chromesthetic geometric paintings"
https://johalgeometrics.com
https://www.instagram.com/johal_geometrics/
hat tip boingboing.net

Franck Gérard's abstract digital works
https://opensea.io/collection/harmony-by-franck-gerard
https://www.instagram.com/abstract_harmony/

Form for river flow
https://biomimicry.org/solution/e-colant-net/

9 Women Artists Celebrating the Spirituality and Legacy of Hilma af Klint
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-9-women-artists-celebrating-spirituality-legacy-hilma-af-klint
hat tip https://warrenellis.ltd

Casey House - Art, Photography, Geometry
https://www.casey-house.com/
hat tip Joe Clinton

Shapeshifting pen
https://www.crushmetric.com
https://www.core77.com/posts/112848/Can-Crushing-Sculptor-Designs-Shapeshifting-Pen
from https://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2018/11/geometry-links-november-13-2018.html
Noah Deledda’s aluminum can sculptures
https://youtu.be/tilw2vZYPLM
https://www.instagram.com/noahdeledda/

Geometry Links - January 24, 2022

 Geometric water saving faucet design

http://www.ecosnippets.com/environmental/students-faucet-design-saves-water/
hat tip Marjom/2016/10/geometry-links-compendium-2011-october.html

Modules for storage from Danilo Olim
https://daao.pt/portfolio/77-module/
https://daao.pt/portfolio/22-module/
https://daao.pt/portfolio/18-inspire-yourself/
https://www.core77.com/posts/111191/Danilo-Olims-Interlocking-Plywood-Shapes-for-Custom-Shelving-Units

U, V, W modules
https://github.com/4dsolutions/School_of_Tomorrow/blob/master/UVW.ipynb
hat tip Daniel Ari Friedman

Best optical illusions of the year
http://illusionoftheyear.com/cat/top-10-finalists/2021/
hat tip boingboing.net

Sally Blake - woven and other work based on natural forms
https://sallyblake.com/work
https://www.treehugger.com/seed-like-woven-metal-sculptures-by-sally-blake-5214411
hat tip treehugger.com

John Powers’ geometric art
https://www.johnpowers.us
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/11/arts/design/john-powers-sculptor-accident.html

Froebel blocks, from the inventor of kindergarten
https://redhentoys.com/collections/froebel-education

Visualizing the evolution of the alphabet
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/from-greek-to-latin-visualizing-the-evolution-of-the-alphabet/
hat tip to Guillermo Taccioli

Geometry reduces concrete 70% in precast slabs
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/01/eth-zurich-3d-printer-concrete-carbon-emissions
hat tip Greg Watson

Unusual seed and fruit photography from Levon Biss
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-bizarre-seeds-and-fruits-from-around-the-globe/rie Farrell

Freaky Flowers: Echinopsis Cacti in Bloom - time lapse of cactus flowers
https://vimeo.com/122575482
hat tip boingboing.net

Bathsheba Grossman’s geometric art
https://bathsheba.com
Interview with Bathsheba Grossman, geometric sculptor - even  more 3D printed objects
http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/2075-Designer-Spotlight-Bathsheba-Grossman.html
hat tip https://kk.org/cooltools/lenore-edman-co-founder-of-evil-mad-scientist-laboratories/
Grossman’s work has been featured here previously 
http://geometrylinks.blogspot.co