I've been stumped on a project I am working on, so I decided to go on a bit of a tangent and do a small structural study on an everyday clothespin. It's such a nifty concept when you think about it. It's made of two wooden pieces that pivot like a seesaw around a metal spring. The force in the spring causes the wood pieces to act in compression, which gives it a gripping force that is able to hold up objects that are many times its own weight. It's no wonder we've been using it since the 1800s!
When combined with other clothespins, this simple object yields an endless amount of shapes and types of connections; forming curves, lines, corners, depth and height. I decided to see how far this could go and used it to create a deer head. It would be interesting to see if there was a way to use this concept for a structural system in a building!
oh and p.s.: a post about the structural properties of another everyday object: an egg
15 comments:
melody, you are so legit! teach me your ways :) miss you. come over for sunday snack soon
Whaaa? Who would have thought! You are way too cool (and creative).
whoa!! i am blown away by this!
can u do a DIY tutorial on this?
Unreal. You a truly an amazing artist/deisgner/architect. The deerhead is wow, but the clothepins diagrams are something special
That is a great design. I love the minimal look. (You had to sketch it out first right?)
What is the other project you were working on?
This is so cool! x
This is intense. Can I have a slice of your skills? Please?
I TRIED TO PIN THE PICTURE, but it won't pin. THIS IS SO AMAZINGLY CLEVER! I'll trade you dinner at my house for a deer head! :)
Amazingly creative. Smart too. :)
you're so ridiculously talented! you need to post about something you're horrible at :)
Hoooly moley, Melody, you made that deer head?! That is absolutely amazing! Any chance you can take a drop of your talent and send it my way? :)
And I really like your graphic - so cute.
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O.M.G. That is just plain amazing!! How long did it take you to do that? And did you come up with the graphics for the Structural Properties of Clothespins? SERIOUSLY AWESOME. How did you do that?? :D with adobe illustrator?? That's really talented!!!
this is awesome melody!
this is awesome melody!
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