Submission to the GraphicDesign& publication "Golden Meaning: Fifty-five graphic experiments."
A golden triangle has two long and one short side (its base), where the relationship between the shorter and longer side is equivalent to the golden ratio. This means that by bisecting one of the base angles, an identical smaller golden triangle is formed nestled inside, and that this process can be continued infinitely. Mapping the new vertices created by this process of bisecting will create a logarithmic spiral, a special kind of curve that also repeats in form, no matter how much you increase or decrease its scale. This golden spiral can be found in several natural phenomena that similarly vary in scale: from the chambers of a nautilus shell to the arms of the Milky Way.
I created a grid out of the form of the golden triangle. The grid lines multiply and fraction using the same elegant proportions as dictated by the golden spiral. This grid has no obvious beginning and could be repeated infinitely, were it not for the finitude of the pasteboard. The inherent limitation of my file created a bounded sample, offering a manageable chunk from which to enter into the scuffle.
The beauty of this pattern’s potential for boundlessness is that even the most microscopic cove contains everything. And most thrilling of all: this is not a theory nor a model, but a cosmic code! A code that connects the very surface of our world with the most distant and unearthly galaxies. Inspired by this notion of cosmic symmetry, I created a series of dimensionless, multi- faceted shapes resembling both the familiarity of a mineral’s crystal structure and the vagueness of an object, perhaps from outside our atmosphere.
