In my last post I brazenly announced that in the sequel I would explain why there are usually two sets of spirals on a pinecone, and both are Fibonacci in number. When I went to write this all down, it turned out to be much harder than I expected! So much so that I decided to
Lesser known facts about Sunflowers and Pinecones (pt. 1)
To say that a lot has been written about the arrangement of seeds on a sunflower would be a gross understatement. Discussions of this topic go back at least as far as D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson’s famous 1917 book, On Growth and Form. However, despite the wealth of available information, I’ve still found a few things
A 3D Spirograph!
Back in October of 2016 I was contacted by Daniel Christev about an interesting modeling problem. It turned out that Daniel and I were mutual admirers of each others work. For anyone unfamiliar with his, I encourage you to check out his website at christevcreative.com. Daniel asked me if I had any thoughts about modeling a
Sculpting with Symmetry
Lot’s of exciting things have happened in the last few months, which unfortunately have led to a lot less blogging. Over the last few weeks I completely overhauled my website (davidbachmandesign.com), including pictures of all of my latest work, and a new online “store.” In November I was busy with my first (non-local) solo exhibition
Modeling the paper Mobius Band
At some point, perhaps in grade school, most people encounter the Mobius band: a simple shape made from a rectangular strip of paper by giving one end a half-twist before looping it around and gluing it to the other. The resulting surface has many interesting properties, both aesthetic and mathematical. Perhaps the most famous artistic image
My New Grasshopper book is out!
In the next few posts I’ll briefly pause my discussion of organic modeling techniques, but I will come back to that soon (next up in the series will be on Diffusion Limited Aggregation… very cool stuff!). Today’s post is simply a brief announcement, just in case anyone missed all of my twitter, facebook, and forum posts
Organic Modeling Techniques Part 2: Differential Growth
Before I begin, a quick news update. My Grasshopper book is now completely through the copyediting process, and is with the printer. I’m told it will be available some time in the next few weeks! In the meantime, I’m happy to share the cover art. Now on to today’s post. As I said in my last post, my