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I'm amazed by things that are so tiny and difficult to see. Like this Christmas tree bulb for instance. The naked eye can't see the details of the spiral filament that glows when it's lite, or the glass bulb that keeps the two leads apart as they climb up.
Thanks to macro photography, these details can go a bit more appreciated. Although, I still don't really appreciate it when Xmas tree bulbs burn out. :)
The Stigma, Style, Stamens, Filament, and Petals of a beautiful stargazer lily growing in a pot by the Fern Room in the Marjorie McNeely conservatory.
Yucca (Filament / Spoonleaf) prefers dry arid conditions. Its roots contain toxic saponins traditionally used by hunting tribes to stun or kill fish. Nerja, Spain Aug 2014 (Tom Burns), High res version available. For editorial use, resale or archive email worldreachpr@gmail.com
Filament printed model of the FASA Klingon D-9 Seeker. I modified it in a variety of ways, mostly by adding additional detail to the exterior.. Some of the things I did were to: cut out a section of the command bulb to add a photorp tube; expand the command bulb aft and low somewhat by adding a combination of sheet stock and putty, sanding as needed to shape; small re-used square greeblie frames to act as cargo doors on the forward secondary hull; Gundam greeblies for impulse vents and disruptor emitters: half-rod for additional detail on the command pod; V-groove for the hangar doors; another type of V-groove for vents; and a pair of Jupiter Station D-7M K’T’Inga nacelles. I also added hull plating by using Aztek Dummy D-7 1/2 Aztek Painting Masks to act as the hull plating.
Colored pencil & Ink on recycled cherry panel
4 * 5 inches {1/4 inch thick}
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In the V&A's courtyard.
Created by Achim Menges with Moritz Dörstelmann, Jan Knippers, Thomas Auer.
Elytra was a responsive shelter; new components of the structure were built on-site.
The pavilion tested a possible future for architectural and engineering design, exploring how new robotics technologies might transform how buildings are designed and built. The design drew on research into lightweight construction principles found in nature. It is inspired by the filament structures of the shells of flying beetles, known as elytra.
Made of glass and carbon fibre, each component of the canopy was produced using a robotic winding technique developed by the designers. Unlike other fabrication methods, this does not require moulds and can produce an infinite variety of spun shapes, while reducing waste to a minimum.
[V&A Museum]