- Sheet steel 0.5mm, hand bent. This early experiment led to work with pewter, and the use of CNC routing to create "score lines" along which the material could be bent.
- A4 sheets folded, glued, then nested.
- Modular polypropylene form comprising five units.
- Form making from a single sheet of cut paper. Folding the tabs back on themselves makes this shape self-supporting, without the need for glue.
Morphogenesis
A collection of initial maquettes, which were produced in the
exploration of form-making techniques in paper, polypropylene and
steel.
www.richardsweeney.co.uk
Comments and faves
Vaeltaja, watz, EricGjerde, Monichan_Monichan, and 209 other people added this photo to their favorites.
*Sherry* (85 months ago | reply)
Wow!
What a great collection!
Each piece is beautifully done.
It truly shows your talent, Richard =)
Monday's Castle [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
That's sooo amazing! My brother plays around with origami - but nothing like that! Wow!
Vaeltaja (85 months ago | reply)
Excellent mosaic.
scalpod (85 months ago | reply)
Many are very organic, reminiscent of anemones or starfish. Beautiful and intriguing work!
Metamere (85 months ago | reply)
Wicked cool! Nice lighting, too. Have you studied "Supershapes", discovered by Johan Gielis?
◤ Extraverage (83 months ago | reply)
Incredible. Truely amazing...
contrapoeta (82 months ago | reply)
ohh!!
Constantin Philippoff (81 months ago | reply)
thats crazy really
Ch’guss (80 months ago | reply)
Fantastic !!
sandig.urbanspace (78 months ago | reply)
very cool.
n8foto (73 months ago | reply)
exceptional, thanks for sharing
sierrasecret (73 months ago | reply)
love these, so aesthetically pleasing. thanks for that. they are more than amazing.
Frithrith (73 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shapes, the light gives them I computer quality. Really enjoyed looking...
JRG Cisterna (70 months ago | reply)
cool
excelentes formas
boyfir3 (67 months ago | reply)
simply wow!
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Fu3r (64 months ago | reply)
amazing..
knaib (64 months ago | reply)
tres belles composition !! c'est en 3D ces realisation!!
Yügen (63 months ago | reply)
amazing...
i love it!!!
Penter Folio (62 months ago | reply)
Amazing!!!!!!!!
Jewelry by Fie von Krogh (42 months ago | reply)
Yes! These are beautiful!
___Ronnie___ (25 months ago | reply)
WOW, these are amazing <3