Who needs snow angels when you can have snow fractals? Simon Beck has spent the past ten years making elaborate geometric and mathematical snow art, using only his feet, a compass, and his orienteering skills. He sometimes walks up to 25 total miles — for more than ten hours — over the course of completing a single picture. “The drawings are made using only a compass, and by counting paces. ‘Normally you want to start in the middle but of course you can’t start in the middle because you have to get there somehow. If it is a star you have to walk in a straight line to the middle, then take a compass bearing, and then work out the other bearings.’” Want to know more about his process? Check out Simon’s interview with Alex Bellos: theguardian/science/alexs-adventures-in-numberland/gallery/2014/nov/06/simon-becks-snow-art-landscapes-mathematical-designs-drawings-alps
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 14:30:01 +0000