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Beading in 3D, 120-cell 3D printed models and more

Thursday, 12 November 2015 by Bruce Rawles

I received a general question via email from a visitor to GeometryCode.com interested in beading 3-dimensional shapes. Here are the results of my explorations in the process of very quickly researching this question, and my response:

Since your original question was about beading – although many of these may not have geometric aspects of interest – here are some example of 3D beading quite a few example videos of 3D beading that might be helpful.

Since a new dimension is being added (with infinite variations on what can be added to go from 2D to 3D) there are numerous ways to make a 3D pattern from a 2D pattern; these include:

extruding (translation of ) a 2D shape: just making identical copies of the 2D pattern stacked atop each other
rotation or reflection of a 2D shape around either the X or Y (or another axis in the plane of the 2D image)
using other symmetry or symmetries within the 2D object(s) to replicate aspects into the z-axis
countless other variations …

If you already have a 3D image in mind (such as you will find in Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook on pages 189 (Great Pyramid fold-up model) or Platonic and Archimedean Solids, variations, etc. 196-229 or (space filling polyhedra and close-packing of spheres on page 239, for example) you already have a 3-dimensional pattern to start with. If you have a specific media (such as beading, stained glass, wood-working, welding, Zometool, 3D printing, magnetic spheres, or countless other media variations), you will have other constraints and opportunities to explore. In order to assist further, I would need to know which image on which page in SGDS – since there are over 1300 images in the book! – you have in mind to use for your 3D design.

If you want to make a prototype (or multiple identical copies) you might want to explore 3D printing. There are now somewhat affordable 3D printers, and lots of local 3D printing services. Here’s an example (the “Half of a 120-cell” image on this page) of a 3D-printed geometric shape with kudos to Henry Segerman and Saul Schleimer. Be sure to watch the videos in addition to on this page about the associated images, such as Quintessence (which evidently is also a 3D/4D puzzle/toy which looks wonderful), Triple helix, and Triple gear; fascinating! … and don’t forget to check out the 3D art of Bathsheba who has some exquisite 3D geometric art. :-)

GeometryCode bulletin for November 2014

Monday, 1 December 2014 by Bruce Rawles

(1) News, Events, Interviews, Workshops, Classes, Exhibits, Products, Articles, Tutorials

Fibonacci Garden: Mathematics in the Plant World – New DVD from Michael Schneider

I just today received “Fibonacci Garden: Mathematics in the Plant World“, the latest DVD from Michael S. Schneider, author of the superb book A Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe: Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science by Michael Schneider (which I often recommend as a companion to Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook.) I haven’t had time to watch it, but based on his Beginner’s Guide to Constructing the Universe book and related DVDs (all excellent), I can already recommend it highly. I’ll do a more detailed review in next month’s bulletin – make that this month’s (December 2014) bulletin, since it just became December while I was typing this. :-)

New geometric creations from Ka Gold Jewelry

Artists at Ka Gold Jewelry keep adding exquisite new artistic creations to their prolific line of geometrically inspired, mystical, cosmic jewelry. New items include a vesica-piscis-yin-yang-entangled pendant, star tetrahedra with and without enclosing spheres, Flower of Life, Seed of Life, zodiacal emblems and a truncated icosahedron (i.e. soccer ball shape) with each face a seed of life shape … and much more. Their geometric and design artistry draws from a diversity of cultural traditions and contemporary visionary interpretations. You might want to benefit from their current seasonal 15% discount; use Coupon Code – KAGOLD2014 – valid until December 24, 2014. Here are more photos of recent additions to the Ka Gold Jewelry line.

(2) Websites, Books, Videos, Imagery, Music and Quotes

Nassim Haramein’s vortex math video and math
Chestahedron? A 7-sided quasi-Platonic form with equal area faces
some classic 2-D geometric line art polygon and fractal archetypes
Platonic Solids and their relation to the Flower of Life pattern
article: The Sacred Geometry of Sound and Vibration
Burning Man Time-Lapse video of a pyramid cluster
Bucky Fuller-inspired partial-geodesic chairs
Photographer Renee Cox uses multiple human forms to make geometric mandalas, fractals, etc.
Stonehenge researchers discover site is much larger than previously thought
Intrinity geometry jewelry
Monadology: “Existence is based on monism, not dualism, because there is no sufficient reason why existence should produce an arbitrary number of incompatible substances. If it generated such substances, it would generate an infinite number, not just two. In fact, what existence does is generate infinite instances of one substance. That one substance MUST contain, at least in elementary form, every property that will be exhibited in the universe.”

(3) Request for Submissions

As always, please let me know how I might support you. Please send me any interesting items about sacred geometry or related interests … since everything is inter-related!If you would like to stay connected and network with kindred souls online, check out my pages on
Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Pinterest and LinkedIn. I always enjoy connecting with both recent and long-time friends and colleagues and discovering new friends of friends :-)Thanks for your interest & support! :-) BTW, I always appreciate enthusiastic reviews on the Amazon SGDS book page, and the newer Amazon book page for The Geometry Code. It’s a good “win-win” way to cross-promote your work as well.

If you like to color with colored pencils (or other media), make 3-D fold-up geometric art, do stained glass, quilts, geometric arts and/or crafts, or just want an extensive reference/resource of geometric archetypes, patterns and essential line art, you might enjoy a copy of my first book, Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook: Universal Dimensional Patterns.

If your leanings are more metaphysical … and perhaps whimsical :-) … you might enjoy my second book, The Geometry Code: Universal Symbolic Mirrors of Natural Laws Within Us; Friendly Reminders of Inclusion to Forgive the Dreamer of Separation. It was originally going to have geometry and Hermetic Laws/symbolism as a primary focus, but in 2007, a reawakened interest in the spiritual masterpiece, A Course In Miracles – thanks to Gary Renard – shifted the primary emphasis to an exploration of the two thought fundamental systems we all vacillate between, and how we can gradually shift our mind’s identity to the happy one.

Bruce Rawles
PO Box 192, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104
author of The Geometry Code book; co-author of The Geometry Code screensaver
author of Sacred Geometry Design Sourcebook
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New geometric creations from Ka Gold Jewelry

Thursday, 27 November 2014 by Bruce Rawles

The folks at Ka Gold Jewelry continue to add exquisite new artistic creations to their extensive line of geometrically inspired, mystical, cosmic jewelry. Check out these new items which include a vesica-piscis-yin-yang-entangled pendant, star tetrahedra with and without enclosing spheres, Flower of Life, Seed of Life, zodiacal emblems and even a truncated icosahedron (i.e. soccer ball shape) where each face is a seed of life shape … and much more, drawing from a diversity of cultural traditions and contemporary visionary interpretations! Neat! … and you might also want to take advantage their current seasonal 15% discount; use Coupon Code – KAGOLD2014 which is valid until December 24, 2014. Enjoy!

GeometryCode bulletin for June 2013

Saturday, 29 June 2013 by Bruce Rawles

(1) News, Events, Interviews, Workshops, Classes, Exhibits, Products, Articles, Tutorials

Workshop: Non-dual Metaphysics, Sacred Geometry & Beyond; Contact Bruce for info; registration is limited for this informal, in depth, hands-on event. Click here for a printable flyer with details. … This workshop is full, but there’s already interest in a 2nd one during the summer of 2013; contact Bruce for details.

(2) Websites, Books, Videos, Imagery, Music and Quotes

Here are a few websites and links of interest to sacred geometry enthusiasts:

The Resonance Project has some neat geometric videos: torus dynamics showing a 3-D YinYang symbol (see screen snap above), 3 octaves of expanding vector equilibrium, and this now-classic Double torus animation.
A neat Zometool creation: Star with Hyperbolic Surfaces in Leipzig, Germany
A Pinterest sacred geometry page emphasizing flora and fauna
Penelope Daniels’ sacred geometry Pinterest page
A Mandelbrot set overlay with a hexagonal grid
… and speaking of Mandelbrot, here’s a cool video of Deep Mandelbrot Set Zoom Animation – 10^275 (2.1E275 or 2^915)
Lots of intricate designs on this sacred-geometry-themed Pinterest page
Neat video of Bucky Fuller’s jitterbug polyhedra transformations
Ka Gold Jewelry has a new Tesseract Pendant in Silver (on sale until July 2, 2013)
Geometry was certainly one of the disciplines integrated into Nikola Tesla’s amazing inventions
Divide your life (or any other span on a time axis) by Fibonacci ratios
Entangled particles are at least 10,000 times faster than light
Some familiar and unique geometric designs titled Naked Geometry
Also on the Resources page for many years, recent FaceBook posts reminded me of Melinda Green‘s lovely 4D Buddhabrot imagery
A new 3D geometry for skateboard wheels uses a sort of 3D sinusoid that fits in a cube, but rolls with great grip and minimal surface area for speed
Wanna disappear? From science fiction to science fact: MIT expert achieves invisibility
A page about the Flower of Life around the globe
Fun geometric art: Honoring The 1980s With Sacred Geometry by Stacy Dacheaux

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Recent reviews of the book: The Geometry Code (now celebrating it’s first year in print)

Thanks to Susan Dugan, Mike Lemieux, and Marianne O’Sheeran for their recent, kind reviews of The Geometry Code: Universal Symbolic Mirrors of Natural Laws Within Us; Friendly Reminders of Inclusion to Forgive the Dreamer of Separation. Yet another fellow author, Jonathan Joshua, wrote the first review – Thanks, Jonathan! – last year. Huge thanks also to Gary Renard, Cindy-Lora Renard and Roberta Grace for adding The Geometry Code book (with a Foreward by Gary) to the “Gary recommends” book list on Gary’s website.
The Kindle version of the book became available last September. Many thanks to all who have encouraged me to complete it, and all your support … so very appreciated! :-) BTW, if you prefer a ‘treeware’ (paperback) version, you can order it here. Here are abundant details about the book.
BTW, even if you don’t have a Kindle, there are lots of other platforms you can read the Kindle version (or any Kindle book) on, including smartphones such as iPhone and iTouch, Android, Windows Phone 7, Blackberry, Windows and Macintosh computers, and tablets like iPad and Android tablet. Enjoy! :-)
Thanks to one and all for your generous and continued support of the two versions from multiple countries, and to Gary Renard for the Foreward, and countless others for inspiration! I’ve had a number of kind reviews and endorsements. If you’d like to add yours, please send my way, and/or post on the Amazon review page here. You can find a free first chapter of the book (entitled “The Question of Identity: Two Thought Systems”) here.

Recent Radio/Webcast Interviews/Podcasts/Videos

I’ve been updating the Events page with upcoming, ongoing, and past radio and internet interviews, presentations, and more.
Among the recent past interviews I’ve participated in (with free audio archives online that you can listen to) are:

I was interviewed Monday, 6May2013 on Dr. Lorraine Hurley’s show on GCN Radio; you can listen to the archives – part 1 and part 2 here. Lorraine is a non-practicing MD who likes to focus on the quantum, so we talked about modern physics as well as metaphysics, and, of course, sacred geometry. I always enjoy interviews like these. :-)
Your Soul Guidance show interview by Saskia Roell. Click here to listen to a replay of the interview.
A second interview by Wendy Joy on her Bringing the Light Internet Talk Radio show.
Awakening in Austin Internet Talk Radio show; interview by Sara Pencil Blumenfeld, Wed., 18 July 2012 9-9:30 AM MDT on Blog Talk Radio
Kenneth Bok of ACIMexplained.com recorded a fun interview with me in video split-screen format on 17Jul2012
Awakening to Conscious Co-Creation: interview by Peter Tongue

… and many more workshops, presentations, exhibits and more on the Events page.
I always enjoy talking about the non-dual Metaphysics, Psychology, Symbolism, Philosophy and more contained within the book “The Geometry Code: Universal Symbolic Mirrors of Natural Laws Within Us; Friendly Reminders of Inclusion to Forgive the Dreamer of Separation” which is available here.

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I’m enjoying connecting with both recent and long-time friends and colleagues and discovering new friends of friends :-)
As always, please let me know how I might support you. Please send me any interesting items about sacred geometry or related interests … since everything is inter-related!
Thanks for your interest & support! :-)
BTW, I always appreciate enthusiastic reviews on the Amazon SGDS book page, and the newer Amazon book page for The Geometry Code. It’s a good “win-win” way to cross-promote your work as well.