I think this is amazing to be able to complete so many sculptures combining art and other things but the most interesting part about it is that he uses math to figure out how he is going to create all of the sculpture. For example when he put that wave in the sealing he had to figure out how to get it up there by using math and other things. He uses trigonometry to figure out how he is going to built all his sculptures and he does that with all the sculptures he makes.
wow! i would love to see the spiral wave in person because its just so fascinating. I agree to yajara's comment about the usage of trigonometry because without math, it would have been difficult to create such a beautiful art peice.
Awesome, I am very impressed with all of his sculptures. You'd have to have a lot experience with science, math, and power machines to be able to create all those sculptures. He definitely has a passion for mechanical art. What I thought was really interesting was how in a really big machine, each individual part needs to work perfectly or else the entire thing won't work. So I can only imagine the time and devotion he puts into making each tiny mechanism function properly. I am surprised at how much actual math it involves, at about 2:25 I could see some aspescts of geometry, some algebra, and like Yajaira said trigonometry.
Also, I'm wondering if he sculpts as a hobby or does it have to do with his career, kind of like that YouTube girl that did the sounds and the Tau videos.
It's quite interesting to see how he has to chart out every step before he tries anything with math. I'm sure he must spend days calculating and not only doing trig but also figuring out how many pieces per foot of the sculpture he's making. Or how much weight a pulley can handle, or how much the structure will weigh in general. This uses a lot of algebra skills, geometry skills and trig skills.
I think this is a pretty interesting and challenging thing to do. You obviously have to have the mathematical capability to do it but it also looks like you have to have the patience and artistic ability to see your creations come to life. I think this sort of video should be posted more often...if they can be found lol.
I noticed he compared his sculpture to a sine wave, and i noticed that he had to do alot of written work in order to figure out how the different pieces should work, and what the final product should look like and he did that all with out a computer or a graphing calculator, Therefore I dont think he only used trig or calc in order to accomplish all this.. I would think he needed some basic knowledge on physics, and maybe even biology (for the Caterpillar structure), but oddly enough he didn't mention either of them. (meaning he either forgot to =P or he is some kinda super computer =O)
It's cool how he does all of this. He has a lot of dedication and patience to do this. you need a lot of time to make each and every piece it probably takes him a long time to plan his sculptures because he can't make mistakes if not the pieces won't fall how they are supposed too.
Wow. So cool how he uses math to figure out how to make his sculpture. But then again, you use math in everything you do! Also, to make the sculpture he had to use pulleys to add together motion, which I found very interesting. If any little detail goes wrong, then it wont work. EVERYTHING HAS TO WORK PROPERLY. or else, it wouldn't work at all. I noticed that he had to use a lot of written math to figure out the diameter or what not, of the caterpillar. I also loved how he expressed waves with the movement of the caterpillar! How it's so wavy and curvy, just like a caterpillar. He also states how he uses wave length in order to complete his project, which is also very interesting. Anyways, throughout this video, I found out that you need time and patience to make something that amazing. [something I DON'T HAVE. lol <--patience that is...]
It's amazing how he uses math to make cool sculptures. He has a lot of patience to make his sculpture and uses lots of math and pulleys to make the sculptures moves like in waves or in different ways and so basically what the pulleys do is that they add motion to the sculptures so they can move. So i think its interesting how he uses math to make his sculptures and make them move however he wants to.
I think its quite amazing how he makes these sculpture using art and math. you must also have alot of patience to do this and the understanding of trigonometry. its also interesting how he can find all sorts of parts to assemble these sculptures from random tubes to wood. this also involves much planning and how it actually has to be perfect or else the whole thing wont work properly.
The sculpture is brilliant. The technology and movement in the piece inspires me. Not to mention, the forming of it is proper.
This almost makes me want to be more dedicated to math so I can work on future art pieces like this, but I'm not too patient and I don't have the tolerance for too many numbers.
But good job. I think I have a little more respect for pre-calc.
WOah! thats is absolutely amazing! I have never seen something so cool. Im about to show this to my parents too haha. I loved 1:32 and 3:11! I found it really interesting that in order for his measurements to work out so precisely he has to do all different type of math problems.. and work it all out for ever movement. What he's doing kinda reminds me of geometry, when we had to work out shapes. Now when i think about it, it kinda makes sense that he would have to use math because every movement of his designs are so accurate, and the positioning of all the string and wood would include the involvement of numbers.
This guy is like a modern day Leonardo DaVinci!!!.. his sculptures are like nothing ive seen before they are amazing.. and i do believe that it requires alot of math, due to the fact that it has a huge load of points of articulation and that requires alot of math.. which is amazing.. i wonder how much time he spent on those sculptures... and why aren't we funding this guy??? .. like seriously.. get him in museums or something..
Wow, I thought this was really cool because over the summer I got to work with some of the stationary tools he was using, and I just never thought some one could make something so cool with them! Also i thought it was really cool how he used everyday items, that stuff yard ('cuz it wasn't really junk) was really cool and looked like you could find really useful stuff.
I LOVE HIS WORK! I used to love art but then as time went by I seemed to have less interest in it because it was the same painting, drawing, sculpting, still life creations. But after watching this video..it convinced me that there was more to art. I also always knew that there was some geometry used in art but never would have thought it was actually formulas, to the point where you have to lay out the formulas for almost every sketch. My favorite sculpture was The square wave.
Wow this is really cool ! He really knows his math if he's able to do all this and recreate the things he's seen in nature. And i swear this video reminds me even more that i need a calculator for this class -___-. But i really liked the caterpillar sculpture i thought that was really cool. But really especially with how complex some of these sculptures look someone doing this really needs to know what they're doing and how to do it. And he clearly does.
This is amazing. I would try this but i don't have the patience to create every individual piece and use math to do it. Although, i would like to try this in the future. It reminds me of another art piece i saw by an artist whose name escapes me. Its the same concept, but the pieces don't move. Still, just as awesome. I'm gonna start paying more attention in class so i can try this.
i think this is amazing how he uses math to translate some small thing in nature to a very complex sculpture. i wish i could see these things in real life.
That's a pretty interesting video there. I find it especially interesting that these objects are able to create that wave-like motion. It must be very difficult to have to figure out how to make all of the parts of the structures move as one, and obviously, as stated by everyone one in here, the use of multiple math skills is needed to complete a task such as the one in the video. Even though this is a boat load of math skills involved with this, he obviously puts up with it to fulfill his goal.....
The fact that he used mathematics to create his art is certainly a topic of interest. Especially when he refers to his "water drop" as being a hexagonal wave, and basing many of his creations off of sin waves and such.
His sculptures are pretty cool. Of course he would need to use math to make all of them move that smooth. I still have no idea how the pulley things work....
I think this is amazing to be able to complete so many sculptures combining art and other things but the most interesting part about it is that he uses math to figure out how he is going to create all of the sculpture. For example when he put that wave in the sealing he had to figure out how to get it up there by using math and other things. He uses trigonometry to figure out how he is going to built all his sculptures and he does that with all the sculptures he makes.
ReplyDeletewow! i would love to see the spiral wave in person because its just so fascinating. I agree to yajara's comment about the usage of trigonometry because without math, it would have been difficult to create such a beautiful art peice.
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ReplyDeleteAwesome, I am very impressed with all of his sculptures. You'd have to have a lot experience with science, math, and power machines to be able to create all those sculptures. He definitely has a passion for mechanical art. What I thought was really interesting was how in a really big machine, each individual part needs to work perfectly or else the entire thing won't work. So I can only imagine the time and devotion he puts into making each tiny mechanism function properly. I am surprised at how much actual math it involves, at about 2:25 I could see some aspescts of geometry, some algebra, and like Yajaira said trigonometry.
Also, I'm wondering if he sculpts as a hobby or does it have to do with his career, kind of like that YouTube girl that did the sounds and the Tau videos.
It's quite interesting to see how he has to chart out every step before he tries anything with math. I'm sure he must spend days calculating and not only doing trig but also figuring out how many pieces per foot of the sculpture he's making. Or how much weight a pulley can handle, or how much the structure will weigh in general. This uses a lot of algebra skills, geometry skills and trig skills.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a pretty interesting and challenging thing to do. You obviously have to have the mathematical capability to do it but it also looks like you have to have the patience and artistic ability to see your creations come to life. I think this sort of video should be posted more often...if they can be found lol.
ReplyDeleteI noticed he compared his sculpture to a sine wave, and i noticed that he had to do alot of written work in order to figure out how the different pieces should work, and what the final product should look like and he did that all with out a computer or a graphing calculator, Therefore I dont think he only used trig or calc in order to accomplish all this.. I would think he needed some basic knowledge on physics, and maybe even biology (for the Caterpillar structure), but oddly enough he didn't mention either of them. (meaning he either forgot to =P or he is some kinda super computer =O)
ReplyDeleteIt's cool how he does all of this. He has a lot of dedication and patience to do this. you need a lot of time to make each and every piece it probably takes him a long time to plan his sculptures because he can't make mistakes if not the pieces won't fall how they are supposed too.
ReplyDeleteWow. So cool how he uses math to figure out how to make his sculpture. But then again, you use math in everything you do! Also, to make the sculpture he had to use pulleys to add together motion, which I found very interesting. If any little detail goes wrong, then it wont work. EVERYTHING HAS TO WORK PROPERLY. or else, it wouldn't work at all. I noticed that he had to use a lot of written math to figure out the diameter or what not, of the caterpillar. I also loved how he expressed waves with the movement of the caterpillar! How it's so wavy and curvy, just like a caterpillar. He also states how he uses wave length in order to complete his project, which is also very interesting. Anyways, throughout this video, I found out that you need time and patience to make something that amazing. [something I DON'T HAVE. lol <--patience that is...]
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing how he uses math to make cool sculptures. He has a lot of patience to make his sculpture and uses lots of math and pulleys to make the sculptures moves like in waves or in different ways and so basically what the pulleys do is that they add motion to the sculptures so they can move. So i think its interesting how he uses math to make his sculptures and make them move however he wants to.
ReplyDeleteI think its quite amazing how he makes these sculpture using art and math. you must also have alot of patience to do this and the understanding of trigonometry. its also interesting how he can find all sorts of parts to assemble these sculptures from random tubes to wood. this also involves much planning and how it actually has to be perfect or else the whole thing wont work properly.
ReplyDeleteThe sculpture is brilliant. The technology and movement in the piece inspires me. Not to mention, the forming of it is proper.
ReplyDeleteThis almost makes me want to be more dedicated to math so I can work on future art pieces like this, but I'm not too patient and I don't have the tolerance for too many numbers.
But good job. I think I have a little more respect for pre-calc.
WOah! thats is absolutely amazing! I have never seen something so cool. Im about to show this to my parents too haha. I loved 1:32 and 3:11! I found it really interesting that in order for his measurements to work out so precisely he has to do all different type of math problems.. and work it all out for ever movement. What he's doing kinda reminds me of geometry, when we had to work out shapes. Now when i think about it, it kinda makes sense that he would have to use math because every movement of his designs are so accurate, and the positioning of all the string and wood would include the involvement of numbers.
ReplyDeleteThis guy is like a modern day Leonardo DaVinci!!!.. his sculptures are like nothing ive seen before they are amazing.. and i do believe that it requires alot of math, due to the fact that it has a huge load of points of articulation and that requires alot of math.. which is amazing.. i wonder how much time he spent on those sculptures... and why aren't we funding this guy??? .. like seriously.. get him in museums or something..
ReplyDeleteWow, I thought this was really cool because over the summer I got to work with some of the stationary tools he was using, and I just never thought some one could make something so cool with them! Also i thought it was really cool how he used everyday items, that stuff yard ('cuz it wasn't really junk) was really cool and looked like you could find really useful stuff.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE HIS WORK! I used to love art but then as time went by I seemed to have less interest in it because it was the same painting, drawing, sculpting, still life creations. But after watching this video..it convinced me that there was more to art. I also always knew that there was some geometry used in art but never would have thought it was actually formulas, to the point where you have to lay out the formulas for almost every sketch. My favorite sculpture was The square wave.
ReplyDeleteWow this is really cool ! He really knows his math if he's able to do all this and recreate the things he's seen in nature. And i swear this video reminds me even more that i need a calculator for this class -___-. But i really liked the caterpillar sculpture i thought that was really cool. But really especially with how complex some of these sculptures look someone doing this really needs to know what they're doing and how to do it. And he clearly does.
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing. I would try this but i don't have the patience to create every individual piece and use math to do it.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, i would like to try this in the future. It reminds me of another art piece i saw by an artist whose name escapes me. Its the same concept, but the pieces don't move. Still, just as awesome.
I'm gonna start paying more attention in class so i can try this.
Pretty Interesting things here. Who knew that math can be part of creating something unimaginable. Great video.
ReplyDeletei think this is amazing how he uses math to translate some small thing in nature to a very complex sculpture. i wish i could see these things in real life.
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty interesting video there. I find it especially interesting that these objects are able to create that wave-like motion. It must be very difficult to have to figure out how to make all of the parts of the structures move as one, and obviously, as stated by everyone one in here, the use of multiple math skills is needed to complete a task such as the one in the video. Even though this is a boat load of math skills involved with this, he obviously puts up with it to fulfill his goal.....
ReplyDeleteThe fact that he used mathematics to create his art is certainly a topic of interest. Especially when he refers to his "water drop" as being a hexagonal wave, and basing many of his creations off of sin waves and such.
ReplyDeleteHis sculptures are pretty cool. Of course he would need to use math to make all of them move that smooth. I still have no idea how the pulley things work....
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