Hi--I'm a beadweaver located in Panama City, FL. Here I'm trying to put down where my ideas are headed, and what I'm working on creatively. You can see more of my work at emiliepritchard.com
Monday, May 16, 2011
Stellated sphere
I love how ideas just keep growing. My 2nd sphere (last post) was a firmer structure than the 1st one, but that enabled me to make it a bit bigger. The result was that while it was firmer, it still wasn't firm enough. If it sat for a while it would settle out of round just a bit. So I decided to stellate it, Something I've been wanting to do with a sphere anyway. Stellating means that each triangle on the original surface of the sphere becomes the base for a tetrahedron. It's not quite finished, which is why you see some monofilament floating in the picture, but I'm really pleased with the way it's coming out.
So you can get an idea of what it's like I should add that the diameter of the piece is around 5 1/2". Someone told me I should figure out a way to mount it on a base so that it could be a table light. It's probably too much engineering for me, but I do think it would be pretty great.
Labels:
beadwork,
geometric,
Icosohedron,
offset,
stellated
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Wow, great work!!!!
ReplyDeleteThat is one seriously awesome sphere.
ReplyDeleteAwesome is definitely the word for it. If you could get a little LED in there... OMG! Gorgeous. You really should turn it into a lamp. Maybe the nice people at Radio Shack can help you out. LOL!
ReplyDeleteEmilie these are fantastic!!!
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