Breezy Hill Turning

Turned Wood Art by Michael Foster

Sphericons

Tidal Alien
A pentagonal Spericon Box
Available

Tidal Alien
5"x5"x5", Cherry, India Ink, Acrylics, Lacquer

Tidal Alien
Mini sphericons are ingwood, tulipwood, blackwood

Sphericon II
A six sided sphericon turned, hollowed and pierced.
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Sphericon II
Stand- Maple, Black leather dye, Krylon, 8.5” tall with stand

Sphericon II
Osage Orange, 3.5” x 3.5” x 3.5”, Krylon

Sphericon I
A sphericon based on a rotated square, hollowed and pierced
Available

Sphericon I
Chestnut, 5” x 5” x 5”, Krylon

Sphericon I
Stand- Chestnut, Black leather dye, Krylon, 8.5” tall with stand

Sphericons

I recently discovered a class of mathematical forms known as sphericons. These forms are quite interesting in that the forms look complicated, however they result from fairly simple geometry. Each sphericon is turned on the lathe so that the form, if split in half along the axis of rotation shows that the form is a regular polyhedron like a square, pentagon or hexagon. The resulting form is then cut in half and the resulting 2 halves rotated and rejoined. This results in a very interesting geometric form. I figured out a way to take this process one step further to allow the piece to be hollowed and the result pierced.