George Hart’s 72 pencil art

i think tomorrow if i achieve only one thing, it is to re-create one of George Hart’s 72 pencils.

through the intersecting of four diagonal tubes, Hart forms a three dimensional lattice. it’s so blazingly, audaciously simple. however, from initial research at his incredibly well designed page, he made quite a career out of these limited edition scupltures.

the first example below for instance was commissioned by Jeff Rutzky, an NYC designer who primarily works with printers in the CMYK color space. the second was a commission for The International Society of
the Arts, Mathematics, and Architecture and features their own stationary.

according to George Hart’s site, a lot of the interest is around the form of the center of the piece. four tubes of eighteen pencils intersecting at 45 degree angles…
rumour has it the core is the pithily titled ‘rhombic dodecahedron’:

idea from @markallred, via makezine
images and research via George Hart rhombic dodecahedron via wikipedia

posted: October 20th, 2009 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: 72 pencil, art, cmyk, george hart, isama, pencil, pencil art, rhombic dodecahedron | 3 Comments »

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