{"id":93,"date":"2014-01-16T12:52:03","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T12:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/sheltech\/?p=93"},"modified":"2018-03-13T12:04:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T12:04:22","slug":"93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/sheltech\/2014\/01\/16\/93\/","title":{"rendered":"(Hemi)Spherical Icosidodecahedron , Con Chihuahuas"},"content":{"rendered":"

The geometry is based on the polyhedron known as the Icosidodecahedron, consisting of 20\u00a0 (equilateral) triangular faces , and 12 pentagonal faces . The black & white\u00a0 graphics depict this regular polyhedron. In my model , the brass hubs correspond to the vertices (points where ends of straight edges meet) of the polyhedron. The ‘woven’ blue star\u00a0 figures are the pentagonal faces\u00a0 , and the sheet metal faces are the triangular ones. The\u00a0 obvious difference that my model is spherical (hemispherical) and the regular polyhedron is ‘blocky’\u00a0 is because I’ve constructed the\u00a0 model\u00a0 by connecting the vertices\/hubs with curved wires (instead of straight edges) and in a different way than ‘normal’. The model is hemispherical , being only half of the regular polyhedron, rendered into a dome\u00a0 instead of a fully spherical planetoid.<\/p>\n

Another way to look at the model is to see each hub as being the center point of a circle; a circle described by 2 long blue wires and two short steel wires , in opposing pairs .\u00a0 If those circles are taken as planes, then the whole thing can be seen as a whole other beast of a polyhedron , but we don’t need to get into it that far . There is enough elegance and beauty in simplicity \u00a0with these sculptures, I’ve found, and it’s easy to overcomplicate and clutter them up .\u00a0 Doglets are shown for scale ; Los Chihuahuas are 10 lbs. between the two of them .<\/p>\n

Update 2018 . Only one Chihuahua Overlord remains on the Earth Plane. Zeus the Moose (black & white doglet) has moved on to the Heavenly Realms , and life here is still somewhat empty almost a year later. The big sculpture projects are kaput , for reasons of time and changing obsessions , as far as how to spend scant free time . Music and noise is the new thing . Takes up less space ; is more fun.<\/p>\n

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