For this week, we've got a nice, deceptively simple bowl from Philip (you might know him as oschene on Flickr). I say deceptively simple because although it's not to hard to fold, the math behind it is fascinating, and surprisingly complex, when it gets down to it. There's a division by sevenths in there, and even an allusion to a proof for the Pythagorean Theorem from an old Chinese mathematical text.
Diagrams available here.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Zhoubi Bowl, by Philip Chapman-Bell
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thank you, your work is excelente, i want to thank you because you place pic and diagrams ... thans again..
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The first design I tried so far from your lovely selection. It is simple enough to show more advanced techniques to beginners like me.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed making it and will be back for more :)!
The link to the diagrams seems to have moved:
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