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Crop Circle Rosette

December
14th
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Eric

I’ve always been fascinated by the patterns of crop circles. I think that some of them are incredibly beautiful and complex patterns.

Naturally, I began to think of ways to somehow apply this to bowed psalteries. I just wanted to have a little fun with it. So, I inlaid a giant purpleheart disc in the middle of a spruce soundboard, (this is the “corn field” so to speak), and them drilled a pattern of holes to loosely duplicate a crop circle pattern.

Bowed Psaltery Top RoseThe pattern is apparently based on some mathematical formula called a “Julia set.” (Don’t ask.) All I know is, it looks pretty, and will make a lovely soundhole rosette.

:)


date Posted on: Friday, December 14, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Category Building, Experimental.
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