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Old 01-27-2012, 01:30 PM
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Default spiral patterns

hi i have experimened with carving spirals or icilies or whatever and find them fun, but boring after awhile. anyoe have any good ideas for different patterns for spirals?
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Old 01-27-2012, 03:14 PM
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Default Re: spiral patterns

Have you explored the Fibonacci Series? Parastiches and Orthostiches?
Common visual example is the seed arrangement in a sunflower.
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Old 01-27-2012, 04:25 PM
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Default Re: spiral patterns

no u have a link?
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Old 01-27-2012, 05:01 PM
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Hi
Google "Fibonacci". If you see "Fibonacci sequence in nature", click on that.

I'd guess you could start with Google Images, then type in Fibonacci and see what comes up.
Might just do that myself out of curiosity.

The patterns in pineapples, pine cones, Nautilus shells, sunflowers/daisies are mathematical sequences of the placement of parts which were worked out by Fibonacci (I think he was an Italian mathematician of a couple of centuries ago.).

I'm a retired biology prof. I can remember in my own undergraduate days, a series of lectures that some prof delivered who really had the hots for this stuff. I'm still less than luke-warm.
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I think the patterns were "worked out" long before Fibonacci. LOL
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