Superplexus

McGinnis Artistry, LLC
  • 3D Design
    • TGF
      • TGF Project Introduction
      • GUIDELINES
        • Project Grading
      • CONCEPTS
        • CUBE: Drawing to Assembly
        • PYRAMID: Drawing a Pattern
        • TETRAHDRON: Drawing a Pattern
        • OCTAHEDRON: Drawing a Pattern
        • Evolution of a Stellated Cube Pattern
        • Pattern Development
        • Duals
        • Parallel Twist
      • EXAMPLES
        • Good and Bad Evolutions
      • TECHNICAL
        • Materials
        • People Working on TGF
        • Scoring, Creasing and Cutting
        • Using a Straightedge to Draw Accurate Lines
        • Erasing Techniques
        • Gluing Techniques
        • Using a Story Pole
        • Bristol Paper Qualities
      • Definitions
    • Lamp Project
      • Lamp Project Introduction
      • GUIDELINES
        • Making Paper Prototypes
        • Unacceptable Designs
        • What is Due - Critique Criteria
        • Project Grading
      • CONCEPTS
        • Static
        • Dynamic
        • Circumovlution
      • EXAMPLES
        • General Examples
        • Standing Lamp
        • Non-Repeating Lamp
        • Butterfly Problem
        • Shadow Layering
        • Elaborations
        • Frosty Effect
        • Yupo Examples
        • Colors
        • Tracery
      • TECHNICAL
        • Materials
        • Electricity and Heat
        • Basic Polyhedra
        • Size Considerations
        • Module Proportion and Shape
        • About Symmetry
        • Interlock Design
        • Nesting for Efficient Use of Materials
        • Umbra - Penumbra
        • Shaper Trace
      • Definitions
      • List of External Links
    • Working from Calder
      • Calder-Inspired Jewelry Introduction
      • Calder Jewelry Examples
      • Student Jewelry Examples
      • Calder Related Materials
      • American Masters - Alexander Calder Documentary
      • Works of Calder, Short film
    • For Projects that use Metals
      • Tools For Cutting, Bending, Piercing, and Affixing Metal
      • What Makes Aluminum Special?
      • Metal Flashing
      • Metal Surface Treatments
      • Blind Rivets
      • Some Properties of Steel
      • Work Hardening and Annealing Metal
      • Simonds Files Catalog PDF
      • Nicholson Guide to Files and Filing PDF
    • Pop-Up Book
    • The Compass
      • Differences Between Compasses, Calipers, and Dividers
      • About Vemco Drawing Instruments
      • List of Vemco Compasses, Dividers, and Accessories
      • Compass Technique Videos
      • DRAWINGS: Bisecting, and Finding Perpendiculars
      • How to Draw Pentagons
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Compass Set Only Once
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side Length (no Protractor)
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side length, Using a Protractor
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon Within a Circle
    • How to Critique
  • Sculpture
    • Positive-Negative
      • Positive-Negative Project Introduction
      • Examples of Two Juxtaposed Forms
      • Examples of a Singular Sculptural Object
    • Inflatable Sculpture
      • Inflatables Links
      • Site Photos
      • LBC 2025 Photos
    • Sheet Metal Manipulation
      • Abstract Metal Form Project Introduction
  • Community Projects
    • CMOSC Lighting Commission
    • CMOSC Ratto Commission- DRAFT PAGE
    • Running Fence 50th Anniversary Project - DRAFT PAGE
    • Northern Lights

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Superplexus

McGinnis Artistry, LLC
  • 3D Design
    • TGF
      • TGF Project Introduction
      • GUIDELINES
        • Project Grading
      • CONCEPTS
        • CUBE: Drawing to Assembly
        • PYRAMID: Drawing a Pattern
        • TETRAHDRON: Drawing a Pattern
        • OCTAHEDRON: Drawing a Pattern
        • Evolution of a Stellated Cube Pattern
        • Pattern Development
        • Duals
        • Parallel Twist
      • EXAMPLES
        • Good and Bad Evolutions
      • TECHNICAL
        • Materials
        • People Working on TGF
        • Scoring, Creasing and Cutting
        • Using a Straightedge to Draw Accurate Lines
        • Erasing Techniques
        • Gluing Techniques
        • Using a Story Pole
        • Bristol Paper Qualities
      • Definitions
    • Lamp Project
      • Lamp Project Introduction
      • GUIDELINES
        • Making Paper Prototypes
        • Unacceptable Designs
        • What is Due - Critique Criteria
        • Project Grading
      • CONCEPTS
        • Static
        • Dynamic
        • Circumovlution
      • EXAMPLES
        • General Examples
        • Standing Lamp
        • Non-Repeating Lamp
        • Butterfly Problem
        • Shadow Layering
        • Elaborations
        • Frosty Effect
        • Yupo Examples
        • Colors
        • Tracery
      • TECHNICAL
        • Materials
        • Electricity and Heat
        • Basic Polyhedra
        • Size Considerations
        • Module Proportion and Shape
        • About Symmetry
        • Interlock Design
        • Nesting for Efficient Use of Materials
        • Umbra - Penumbra
        • Shaper Trace
      • Definitions
      • List of External Links
    • Working from Calder
      • Calder-Inspired Jewelry Introduction
      • Calder Jewelry Examples
      • Student Jewelry Examples
      • Calder Related Materials
      • American Masters - Alexander Calder Documentary
      • Works of Calder, Short film
    • For Projects that use Metals
      • Tools For Cutting, Bending, Piercing, and Affixing Metal
      • What Makes Aluminum Special?
      • Metal Flashing
      • Metal Surface Treatments
      • Blind Rivets
      • Some Properties of Steel
      • Work Hardening and Annealing Metal
      • Simonds Files Catalog PDF
      • Nicholson Guide to Files and Filing PDF
    • Pop-Up Book
    • The Compass
      • Differences Between Compasses, Calipers, and Dividers
      • About Vemco Drawing Instruments
      • List of Vemco Compasses, Dividers, and Accessories
      • Compass Technique Videos
      • DRAWINGS: Bisecting, and Finding Perpendiculars
      • How to Draw Pentagons
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Compass Set Only Once
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side Length (no Protractor)
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side length, Using a Protractor
        • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon Within a Circle
    • How to Critique
  • Sculpture
    • Positive-Negative
      • Positive-Negative Project Introduction
      • Examples of Two Juxtaposed Forms
      • Examples of a Singular Sculptural Object
    • Inflatable Sculpture
      • Inflatables Links
      • Site Photos
      • LBC 2025 Photos
    • Sheet Metal Manipulation
      • Abstract Metal Form Project Introduction
  • Community Projects
    • CMOSC Lighting Commission
    • CMOSC Ratto Commission- DRAFT PAGE
    • Running Fence 50th Anniversary Project - DRAFT PAGE
    • Northern Lights