Spring Tensegrity Fractal Video 2
Download 3-Strut Spring Tensegrity Fractal 2
This is a variation on my last post. In this case instead of replicating parallel along each strut, the base units are mirrored and existing in two states. In one state the wires connect from the top-left, through the next strut and to the bottom right on the next strut in an interlocking fashion. In the other the wires connect from the bottom-left of one strut, up through the middle of the next strut and finally connect to the top-right of the next strut in an interlocking fashion. The two different yet similar units are mirror images of one another and when they tessellate in 3D using mirroring as a rule an interesting structure results that is unlike the first fractal in every way, except it is essentially built from the same unit. When the height of the base unit is varied and animated, it is looks like a 3D kaleidoscope while it versions through a changing continuum of nearly symmetrical patterns.