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Posted on 15/06/08 12:41:23 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply  |
Geometric Trillium
An image is cut up into triangles which are then translated onto a flat pattern. The pattern is cut and folded into the modular shape seen at top right. The pieces are assembled to form a field of tetrahedrons containing an undistorted image. Shown below is my first real success. The subject is a trillium, a shy little plant that lives on the forest floor and blooms in early Spring. The original problem: How can I make large pictures from an ordinary printer without distracting seams? Voila! My labor intensive solution.  _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 16/06/08 7:48:07 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Geometric Trillium
Brilliant, must have taken hours. |
Posted on 16/06/08 10:26:17 PM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply |
Re: Geometric Trillium
I have to dedicate a weekend to make one, but compared to the time you take on your paintings, that's probably small potatoes. But I am excited to work up some more images. Meanwhile, can it be framed? That's my new burning question. _________________ I aim to give pause. |
Posted on 17/06/08 07:47:30 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Geometric Trillium
Wonderful. Does the light change much as you move around it? What an extraordinary thing to do! It reminds me, in part, of the three dimensional reverse perspective paintings of Patrick Hughes. in which the backwards relief means the images behave very oddly when you walk past them. What gave you the idea? |
Posted on 18/06/08 10:10:04 AM |
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brewell
Pixel Pentagrammarian Posts: 752 Reply |
Re: Geometric Trillium
I have several geometric toys that I have been working on. One is a cube that has a single image on all three visible sides, to be viewed looking towards the nearest corner. One Christmas I received a gift of an origami kit featuring geometric shapes. In my search to fold a true tetrahedron, I developed the odd shape you see in my avatar. It has some wonderful properties of its own, but the important thing for me was that many pieces could be nestled together to produce a background. This revived my interest in making large pictures. I have a couple of attempts that I show to a few people, but I hated the inevitable seams. Now I could make the seams an integral part of the picture. Using Photoshop Elements 3.0, I cut and stretched each individual triangle until my eyeballs dried out and my right wrist started cramping. After some soul searching, I decided that the technique was worth pursuing which compelled me to acquire an iMac and CS3, mainly for the Actions command. A bit later I stumbled on HTCIP and the rest is history. There is a very slight 3D movement if you walk back and forth, but it's minimal. The compelling part is a sense of looking at a crystalline lattice, highlighted by adjusting the brightness levels on the separate faces of the tetrahedrons - not perceptible, but adds a light quality. This project pretty much sums up my life story - one thing leads to another. Thanks for encouraging me to talk. _________________ Is it necessary? Does it work? |