The challenge to develop and build a sunflower was far more interesting than originally thought.
It was when my wife, Heleen, bought a plan for a protea and we laser cut it that the beauty of it prompt us to build our own flower. A sunflower immediately came to mind. The challenge excited me and the pip structure, which I believed should be the basis of the beautiful yellow flower petals, was to be researched first.
After doing some research on Google it became clear that I should be using some kind of formula to structure the pips. This structure proofed to be very special and when I looked at the following sight, I was amazed at what it actually looked like mathematically but also disappointed to think of using a mathematical structure. I had to use an alternative way to structure my base.
Looking at the following will reveal the challenge: Power Link
Ek onthou die pitte vandat ek ‘n kind was en was nou weer absoluut geboei met die struktuur van die pitte. Deur die patroon te vectorize, het ek geëindig met ‘n klomp blokkies en kon ek deur middel van CAD elke vorm verander in ‘n twee by drie mm blokkie. Na ‘n paar uur het ek ‘n basis gehad waarin ek pitte kon skuif.
Die patroon is vir my ‘n skepping op sigself en ‘n stukkie wonder. Daarom was dit vir my goed om die patroon te kon vasvang. Die volgende probleem was die pitte. Die ontwikkeling van die pitte was vir my fassinerend en ‘n uitdaging om ten minste ‘n paar stadiums naastenby te kon vasvang.
Have a look at the following:
I have succeeded to simulate a number of developing pips and used it in a form that we could cut them.
The final product can hardly simulate the real thing but for us it was a piece of wonder to go through this process. I trust that you could also see something of what we went through. Even though the components that we have cut is very small and presented a problem in the assembly stages, we are very happy to have produced this product.
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