[Jewelry making - Article 00763] - Re: [Orchid] Diamond cuts technicals

[Helen Hill]

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Well Leonid,

    Take one look at Fibonacci if you don't think that squares exist in
    nature. Put together squares with sides the length of the Fibonacci
    numbers and you come up with the spirals found in nature. 

    Squares in architecture? The first architect who probably comes to
    mind for anyone would be Frank Lloyd Wright. He was very fond of the
    square and used it to form the basis of many of his building
    designs. 

    Also look at the pyramids of Egypt. You may have to be in a
    helicopter to see it, but they are square from the top. 

>     The whole point of designer education is to limit and to temper
>     unbridled enthusiasm of a beginner by a self-imposed constrains
>     resulting from a well structured exposure to the philosophical
>     underpinnings of artistic expression. 

    I couldn't disagree more with this statement! My experience of
    design education was quite the opposite and John's point about
    "sticks, cheese, astronomy, mud" was that a true designer can
    materialise a design given any starting point. For me, that summed up
    a good designer. 

    I really didn't mean to open up a can of worms with this one - come
    to think of it I didn't even start this thread, but piggybacked onto
    someone else's princess cut woes! Oh well, a healthy debate is good
    for one now and again. :-) 

Helen
UK
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