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Geometric Design in Islamic Art
This is a really helpful pdf from the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Islamic Art and Geometric design. It gives an introduction to the history, some reference images from their collection and pattern making activities. The link will download the pdf to your computer so check your download folder. Essentially developed as a teachers resource the…
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Bathsheba Grossman – 3D printed sculpture
Bathsheba Grossman is an artist in Santa Cruz, California who creates sculptures using computer-aided design and three-dimensional modeling, with metal printing technology to produce sculpture in bronze and stainless steel. She describes her work as a mix of art, mathematics, science, technology and programming. Largest 3D Print in North America – Rygo by Bathsheba Grossman. Interview: Bathsheba…
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Basic Linear Perspective – Drawing Tutorial by Randy Sarafan
This is a really good tutorial from the technology editor at Instructables. Linear Perspective is the most basic form of perspective in which all objects with faces parallel to the horizon, appear to converge in the distance at a single point on the horizon (the vanishing point). Randy Sarafan helps you to draw realistic three dimensional shapes, with…
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Beginners guides to 3D Printing
3D printing is a prototyping process that enables you (with some effort and patience) to create your prototypes on your desktop, through printing 3d objects from digital models. Here’s a number of links to a few beginners guides and off course you can always visit the original RepRap Wiki. 1. 3ders – is an indepth resource of…
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Build your own Geodesic Dome
A geodesic dome is a spherical or partial-spherical shell structure or lattice shell based on a network of great circles (geodesics) on the surface of a sphere. The triangular elements give rigidity and distribute stress making them strong and resilient as well as beautiful to look at. The basis of each geodesic dome is also an icosahedron…
