Minimal Surface - Sewn

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Comment by Nick Tyrer on April 3, 2011 at 10:24am

Wow. no i hadnt seen those before. In fact i had only ever been on your 'bending' blog. i really like both of them. im going to have to give it a go when i get some free time. Prepare yourself for some terrible impersonations in the future...

Comment by Mårten Nettelbladt on April 1, 2011 at 2:33pm

Thanks Nick!

I don't know if you've seen them but I also tried stitching for a couple of models:

http://www.omkrets.se/mnexjobb/english.htm#m

http://www.omkrets.se/mnexjobb/english.htm#o

I used a pretty thick fishing line (without needle)

Comment by Nick Tyrer on March 31, 2011 at 1:56pm

Actually surprisingly strong, well thats for thin plastic and thread it is. but it mostly depends on your sticthing. i gotta admit i was terrible at it tho, i only did half the stitching, my partner in crime did the other half, who was far better at it.

Also, thanks for the +fav Marten, ive been a fan of your website since i found it about a year ago. Very interesting studies

Comment by Elam Reins on March 31, 2011 at 12:42pm

I admire your patience and wonder how strong it is structurally?

Comment by Nick Tyrer on March 30, 2011 at 3:54pm

Yes, it was my simplest solution as how to connect double curved panels together. Turned out more elegant than expected

Comment by Mårten Nettelbladt on March 30, 2011 at 3:02pm

Is that sewn?