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Phill Evans-String Art 1966-69

First Attempt

Otto

point, start, rules, grid, drawing

These drawings were developed by creating simple rule sets

point, start, rules

Shahzia Sikander #12 from the series 51 Ways of Looking. 2004.Shahzia Sikander #24 from the series 51 Ways of Looking. 2004.
Shirazeh Houshiary. Fine Frenzy. 2004.

Phillip Beesley with Diane Willow and Steve Wood

Weaving

"Weaving is the synthesis of two different systems, interlocking in order to give self-supporting form to their combined whole. Traditionally referred to as a "warp" and "weft" pattern, neither could support themselves alone, but together they become strong." Pamphlet Architecture 27 Tooling, Aranda/Lasch.

Experiments: Crossing Patterns (parametric equation)
Pamphlet Architecture 27 Tooling, Aranda/Lasch.
Scripts for tooling experiments:
www.arandalasch.com/tooling

Wilson Bently Snowflakes

"...the beautiful six-sided symmetry of every crystal was evidence of both the character of the cloud it came from, its altitude, electromagnetism, and temperature, as well as the rules inherent to the water molecule." Pamphlet Architecture 27 Tooling, Aranda/Lasch. Technical World in 1910: "What magic is there in the rule of six that compels the snowflakes to confirm so rapidly to its laws?"

The Sense of Order - E.H. Gombrich

Owen Jones, The Grammer of Ornament
Stalactite dome
Choir vault
Chi-Rho page from the Book of Kelles.

Olindas jellyfish, Sea Urchin, Protozoa, and Freshwater/Soil Amoebae

Olindas jellyfish

Sea UrchinProtozoa




Fresh H20 and Soil Amoebae

Patterns

Douat's method of permutation
L. F. Day, The Anatomy of Pattern, 1890
The seventeen symmetries (Speiser, 1937)