New laser-cut wood spiral #1 - Ring Convergence

[mattbell]

For this design I wanted to create wood grain that would converge onto a particular direction in a ring around the center.  I used a superimposition of two magnetic-and-electric-field-around-a-wire type equations but I varied the exponential falloffs with distance so that one would dominate close up and the other would dominate further away.  The result is a ring that the grain converges onto.  I also used a new technique of scanning the piece of wood I was going to use to ensure that the grain lined up such that the ring would occur in a dark area.

Here's a video:

And more stills:

 

Comments

[plymouth.livejournal.com]

This is by FAR my favorite of these you have done yet. The others were nifty but seemed static. This one feels like it is in motion!

[nasu-dengaku.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[integreillumine.livejournal.com]

I need to 'spin' this next time I'm over... <3