I S O M E T R I C W O R L D O F P A T T E R N S
40x60 cm
by Nora Kaszanyi
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Nick Barclay | http://nickbarclaydesigns.com
“Print series of famous world cup moments.”
Nick is a freelance art director based in Sydney, Australia. He is focused on graphic design, print design, branding and typography.
Anna Duboczky | http://behance.net/daworks
“Letterpress home made biscuit.”
Graphic designer based in Budapest, Hungary. Focused on graphic design, editorial design and typography.
Geometric art by Mark A. Reynolds
Reynolds on his work:
There is a sympathetic magic between pencil and paper that is primordial. Many people have had an experience with this magic in some way. Bring geometry to the magical ceremony that we call drawing, and the power and energy of the union can be sublime and infinite, especially when geometric structures are drawn. The shapes, forms, grids, and structures that I sometimes call compositions are almost endless. Through decades of work with geometry, I have come to realize that drawing is a transformative act, and, that drawing geometrically is also a transcendental one.
Erwin Panofsky, in his Idea, a Concept in Art Theory, said that Plato conceived of the Idea as being, “in the world of shapes and figures something perfect and sublime, to which imagined form those objects not accessible to sensory perception can be related by way of imitation”. These shapes and figures of Plato’s were essentially geometric in form. If we consider the geometric aspect of reality and the structures of the universe, we are led to ponder just when geometry first became present in this universe, and that geometry may indeed be a gift from the gods. One may be led to ponder whether geometry, by its very nature, within its chi, there is a consciousness similar to our own. At least, there may be an awareness that geometry itself is a vehicle that connects the human mind with the universe of things and energies. Its mechanisms, its ways of structuring, of composing, may be inherent within geometry itself, for we did not invent geometry, we discovered it. (Perhaps there was an exception on mankind’s obsessive use of the straight line however.) I believe that geometry at least shares something with the human mind that makes mind aware of the eternal, the constant. We then ask when geometry first came into existence in the universe, and by what hand or energy or law.
boxwood tree shop, www.etsy.com/shop/boxwoodtree
This shop sells beautiful pieces for any terrarium project you’ve wanted to do, or even just use it as something to hold other things in your home. The shapes of the terrariums is what sets these apart from others, they are geometric, making them a statement wherever you have them. Take a peek at these wonderful pieces.
Ross Paxman | http://rosspaxman.com
“House of Vnholy is a design studio led by Matthew Adey and specialising in the creation of sets and lighting for theatre and performance, as well as custom built environments and objects. The studio’s exploration of the darker side of the arts informed the design, which takes inspiration from the geometric shapes of the Bauhaus and the contrast of light and shade. The 1930’s German typeface Neuzeit Grotesk was given a contemporary update and the initials stacked to reference the circle, square and triangle that make up the flexible grid pattern, repeated across silver-foiled 700gsm business cards and website components.”
Ross is a creative director and designer based in Melbourne, Australia. He enjoys working on a wide range of projects, spanning art direction, identity/branding, illustration, editorial, and web design.
Ultra-minimalist animal sculptures invade New Zealand
Stark white pieces of art never looked so inviting: New Zealand-based sculptor Ben Foster creates aluminum forms of animals using modern, geometric shapes. The sculptures are the same size as the real animals they portray, and Foster photographs them in picturesque spots in the New Zealand countryside.
Colorful Mind-Expanding Geometric Art
Rochester-based artist Andy Gilmore turns math into art, creating hypnotizing and kaleidoscopic patterns that are heavily influenced by patterns he encounters in nature as well as music. Both simple and complex, the designs of his work have a classic 1960s and 70s look to them, with their vibrant colors and winding shapes, like the black-light posters of my youth. I have to say it - groovy.
If there were one person I’d site as an artistic inspiration to me, it would be Andy Gilmore.
Mitts
1830s
These mitts, reaching to just below the bend of the elbow, have a geometric knit pattern and they are decorated with shiny beads. Because they allow fingers to be freely moved, mitts are more functional than gloves. They became popular in the late 18th century. Some fashion plates of the period depict women embroidering or reading when wearing such mitts.
SevenSixFive - #mathart from Fred Scharman
@sevensixfive - 765.blogspot.com (nothing since 2011) - flickr
Chasing down a mathematical art picture I liked from Tumblr led to a pretty neat artist and his very mathematical geometric abstract art. He’s also connected with a design collective and the occupy movement.
The first image, Circles, grew out of a fractal pattern he doodled in math class. Here’s the 2009 blogpost that explains how it was made using inversions in Autocad. See also this page at the Cargo Collective. for connections to other pieces. The second image is the one that originally caught my eye.
The third image is from a series of sketches where he used analog magnets to generate Voronoi diagrams. Here’s a description of the process. Here’s another on a hexagonal grid.
The last image is of a Voronoi diagram over a Delauney triangulation. Process here in a turorial on how to draw Voronoi. A Delauney triangulation on a set of points such that no point is inside the circumcircle of any triangle. Delaunay triangulations have fat triangles because the minimum angle of all the angles of the triangles is maximized. (Wikipedia article)