Golden ratio study
With this project I wanted to explore my fascination for nature and natural beauty. Nature and the outdoors have always been a huge inspiration for me and I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole of the golden ratio, nature’s design aspects, geometrical beauty, mandelbrot sections and fractal theory. I was fascinated but also very overwhelmed by all the theoretical and mathematical knowledge that was to be found on the subject.
I decided to start simple and began with 3d modelling some fractal shapes, which opened a lot of doors already. The possibilities of 3d modelling are practically endless and I had a lot of fun experimenting with different shapes, ratios and scales. Also i made animtions in which i changed different aspects of the fractals and making them grow, spin, exlode and shrink.
One of the fractal shapes was 3d printed and casted in silicone. Then with this mold I created a whole series of this fractal by casting it in plaster. Mixing the plaster with ink made the fractals unique, while at the same time staying identical in shape. The transition from digital to physical was in this case very important to me, as I am a very hands on and practical designer. The physical presence of all the fractal shapes gives the project a very different spin.
For the final exhibition, I hung all the fractals on fish thread and put spotlights on them to create an interactive installation in which visitors could play around and create their own shadowplay.