Joseph Zhang – Looking Outwards – 02

This is a generative art piece called The Historical Spiral by designer Ramiro Perez. This project stood out to me because of its presence in three-dimensional space. Perez’s ability to introduce light and shadow to an object that is so evidently mathematically made is mesmerizing to look at and in many ways, makes me ponder how he did it. It seems like Perez used fractals to create the spiral form, but what makes me go “wow” are the micro details that are in the form. If one compares ring by ring, he or she can see that the orientation alternates from laying down to upright. Within each spiral, you can see mini spirals as well, which shows that scaling in and scaling out really just reveals the same mathematical pattern at a different size.For me, the attention to detail is what convinces me that much tought went into the design of this structure.

www.rfractals.net/historical_spiral.php