Elliot Posted March 4, 2012 Report Posted March 4, 2012 The thing I neglected to include is that "The Golden Ratio" is also known as the formula for beauty. I think that is why when see some leather carvings, even though they are skillfully tooled,.... something seems "off" about it. This has cleared things for me. Some things just look better than others, and now I see the why of it. Thank you. Quote
Members Sylvia Posted March 4, 2012 Author Members Report Posted March 4, 2012 This has cleared things for me. Some things just look better than others, and now I see the why of it. Thank you. You are welcome. I am glad it helped. Be sure to watch the video provided by Natalie... (and parts 2 and 3), it really shows the spirals in nature. And it's not too math geeky. Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members Toolingaround Posted March 5, 2012 Members Report Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone My brain freezes if a number comes anywhere near it. This video is awesome even I get it. Check out her other videos too! Cheers, Toolingaround Oops just noticed I've been beaten to the punch ......red face ..... Couldn't open the other video on my iPod didn't realize it was the same. Edited March 5, 2012 by Toolingaround Quote
Members Sylvia Posted March 5, 2012 Author Members Report Posted March 5, 2012 Oops just noticed I've been beaten to the punch ......red face ..... Couldn't open the other video on my iPod didn't realize it was the same. LOL that's alright Toolingaround, at least we know you were interested enough to look it up. That says a lot about your willingness to try understand it. I like that you embedded the video, too. That will help those who aren't as web savvy. I've been tempted to get out some graph paper and make some spirals and try to turn them into western floral from them. Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members Toolingaround Posted March 5, 2012 Members Report Posted March 5, 2012 LOL that's alright Toolingaround, at least we know you were interested enough to look it up. That says a lot about your willingness to try understand it. I like that you embedded the video, too. That will help those who aren't as web savvy. I've been tempted to get out some graph paper and make some spirals and try to turn them into western floral from them. Hey we would love to see any graph paper experiments that work out :-) Have a good one eh Toolingaround Quote
gringobill Posted March 6, 2012 Report Posted March 6, 2012 I've been learning to engrave metals and its all about scrolls in that medium so I've seen the Golden Mean discussed a lot in those forums. So when I read about it and all the math came up in the discussion smoke started coming out of my ears and I had to back off. But I asked my daughter with a MA in fine arts about it and she had learned about it in school. It's kind of like the Supreme Court trying to define pornography " We can't define it but we know it when we see it!" It's like one of the other posters said, "now we know why somethings just look better than others!" The cool thing is seeing how it occurs in nature. Bill Quote
Members Sylvia Posted March 7, 2012 Author Members Report Posted March 7, 2012 I've been learning to engrave metals and its all about scrolls in that medium so I've seen the Golden Mean discussed a lot in those forums. So when I read about it and all the math came up in the discussion smoke started coming out of my ears and I had to back off. But I asked my daughter with a MA in fine arts about it and she had learned about it in school. It's kind of like the Supreme Court trying to define pornography " We can't define it but we know it when we see it!" It's like one of the other posters said, "now we know why somethings just look better than others!" The cool thing is seeing how it occurs in nature. Bill That's the truth!! LOL Something just seems off it the curve isn't "continued as Paul Burnett said. Now we know why. I've still not experimented with the Curve posted above. one thing I notice is that you can use just the curve closest to the center of the spiral and it's the same shape as the entire thing. That means that the curve could be sized up and down without having to do a lot of editing in a program. maybe I'll start with slug cats. :D Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members HellfireJack Posted March 7, 2012 Members Report Posted March 7, 2012 You might want to look up another subject Burnett discussed in his free tutorials. Hogarth and his lines of beauty. http://books.google.com/books/about/The_analysis_of_beauty.html?id=vw1BAAAAcAAJ Quote
Members Sylvia Posted March 7, 2012 Author Members Report Posted March 7, 2012 You might want to look up another subject Burnett discussed in his free tutorials. Hogarth and his lines of beauty. http://books.google....id=vw1BAAAAcAAJ oooo a book so old it has esses (S) that look like effs. (F) LOL thanks for the link Jack Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
Members Jacobite Posted April 15, 2012 Members Report Posted April 15, 2012 (edited) You can make your own "Gloden Mean" calipers, which I suppose you could scale down to make a set to allow you to lay out your Sheriden patterns if you were working freehand rather than from a template. Edited April 15, 2012 by Jacobite Quote
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