Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Geometry Links - May 24, 2023

 How to build a tensegrity table

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iqtxuYnjo8
More on tensegrity 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity
hat tip Karl Thidemann

Geometric abstractions of Carl Fasano
https://issuu.com/fasanoatgmail.com/docs/carl_fasano_portfolio_copy101ab 
from https://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2017/01/geometry-links-january-6-2017.html
more of Carl Fasano’s work
https://vimeo.com/124064560

Illustrating Math seminar:  online the second Friday of every month 
https://illustratingmath.org/seminars
hat tip Edmund Harriss

The story of making a cyanotype geometric quilt
https://mastodon.social/@cyanotype@zirk.us/110339818284825320

Coxeter bead tutorial from Gwen Fisher
https://www.etsy.com/listing/202740541/tutorial-coxeter-bead-beaded-with-half

The quill work of Yvonne Walker Keshick
https://www.pinterest.com/pauletteza/yvonne-walker-keshick/

Geometric acoustic design
https://www.kireiusa.com/blog/tessellate-launch-5-new-kirei-acoutic-design-products/

Hokusai’s Quick Lessons in Simplified Drawing in Three Volumes
https://cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/flipsnackwidget.html?hash=ftcsgji5x&bgcolor=EEEEEE&t=1481362893
https://cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/flipsnackwidget.html?hash=fti4xlqen&bgcolor=EEEEEE&t=1481363446as
https://cdn.flipsnack.com/widget/flipsnackwidget.html?hash=fdcj01ckg&bgcolor=EEEEEE&t=1481364640
Article:  https://inaminuteago.com/free-drawing-lessons-great-master-hokusai/
Catalogue Raisonne of Hokusai:  http://www.hokusai-katsushika.org/index.html

Animations for bicycle wheels - Phenakistoscopes
https://www.instagram.com/le_maille/
hat tip boingboing.net

Slow motion water videos
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cr3YOlJN6S8/
hat tip boingboing.net

Building a fractal chair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8pvjEHAt6U
hat tip core77
Editorial Comment:  to go with the tensegrity table?

Julian Voss Andreae’s disappearing sculptures
https://julianvossandreae.com/works/
hat tip to core77

Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Geometry Links - May 2, 2023

 Kumihimo - the art of Japanese silk braiding

https://www.japanhousela.com/exhibitions/kumihimo-the-art-of-japanese-silk-braiding-by-domyo/
hat tip core77.com

Lego brick bending geometric art
https://www.brickbending.com
https://www.youtube.com/@BrickBending/videos
https://www.instagram.com/brickbending/
hat tip:  boingboing.net
Editorial Comment:  Charles Hoberman should know this artist if he already doesn’t
https://www.hoberman.com/

Gwenbeads - Gwen Fisher’s geometric beadwork, artwork, and tutorials
https://www.etsy.com/shop/gwenbeads

Cave paintings deciphered
https://www.openculture.com/2023/02/archaeologists-may-have-discovered-a-secret-language-in-lascaux-chauvet-cave-paintings.html
Editorial Comment:  The Alexander Marshack reference in the article is someone whose work I knew, principally on prehistoric calendars of moon cycles, and met once upon a time.  He did good work.
Hat tip to  @ethnobot
Previously at https://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2019/03/geometry-links-march-13-2019.html
32 symbols may be our earliest written language
The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols by Genevieve von Petzinger
TED talk https://youtu.be/hJnEQCMA5Sg
http://www.openculture.com/2019/03/40000-year-old-symbols-found-in-caves-worldwide-may-represent-the-earliest-written-language.html
Previously at http://geometrylinks.blogspot.com/2018/11/
Neolithic geometric cave markings the beginning of written language?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23230990-700-in-search-of-the-very-first-coded-symbols/

Well-bred fractals
https://www.pinterest.ca/fractalsteve/well-bred-fractals-portfolio-500/

Aperiodic tiling shape that can cover a plane without any repeating patterns
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2365363-mathematicians-discover-shape-that-can-tile-a-wall-and-never-repeat/
Elusive ‘Einstein’ Solves a Longstanding Math Problem
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/28/science/mathematics-tiling-einstein.html?unlocked_article_code=ZclmZJHYxxbOyBsQoxzwBIBz5tAPG_bCitp569M_pDdSjVlrmq-mYcMkQHDstkTA2lNTXZExWKCPF27Q4ChjEYiaLAytfdrD4IvmHkgfarsG1bswSt0HAZL71WSh_y8DgILd__nKF8woGtPnrBrcuRLVyoBH81eU-A_qmctEOSG0c5Q2bHzydb_7ltH-faq61yTF91IcQQ4Of9CY4uSAGmO1M9a_zifOlqFDjc43MXeliV7FQ_9DjZF5qkC7f0LLgPtqNHSXpou21MHrF0pND6JbU7SigLCv2o2VXcZLMiq6451gZiqN4puLnBNwI1MRkIDl4yswXhJdlPIDJEQg6ud8-n5O&smid=em-share

Gego: Drawing in Space at the Guggenheim - "In 'Measuring Infinity,' the kinetic constructions of the Venezuelan sculptor Gertrud Goldschmidt climb, twist, dangle — and dazzle"
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/arts/design/gego-guggenheim-review.html?unlocked_article_code=Wrhi_VmLNsx5gP_PVf9WOjO88f95ryQATYYkLoyTpQ114xaTPtjgmgVbggqU4ox9235iksUFvHTT9E_fS8Oc0sX3rJhMINjtTnRj-uaXMAcbeL06haD4oddq-tjNrjlnMwq31GVXo5yR0IG4i1ZEtm9nFTCzLDf0n0FXdgTqQDzRleeAzNOdMUkfDuU849I2A7as4tkMoNx0sY2gvTHqmzXGeqXEScOBj8XxPOor7e0_XhoJmsZP5OUY5P6uB-FyepLWwArw_V4vUGus9OT1ZOrAQxLUo091VqRO5YaAzH5doXjpGZ_FLAlPIO3oU_GeAidGBsWRhJ0blwTIyIlIu4BVrhg&smid=em-share

Beautiful example of tornado geometry
https://twitter.com/fasc1nate/status/1643565548813316096

Bing Bang 2010 - kinetic sculpture
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoYedy7JWqy/

Water droplet sculptures of Ronny Tertnes
https://ronnytertnes.com/
https://www.instagram.com/ronnytertnes/
hat tip Rich Sage

Some natural fractals
https://www.treehugger.com/amazing-fractals-found-in-nature-4868776