The "golden ratio" is a useful proportion in furniture making. One
often sees chests of drawers, etc., that are 1.6 time higher than they
are wide or horizontally-oriented pieces that are 1.6 times wider than
they are high, etc.
It is also useful for drawer sizing. In chests with drawers that get
larger as they near the bottom, each drawer front is 1.6 times higher
than the one above.
Steve DeMars wrote:
> Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking and
> what is it?
>
> Thanks in advance . . .
> Steve
>
> "Phil" <dirigo @ spamcop . net (delete the spaces)> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > Thought I'd post this for the inquiring minds here. No
> > affiliation, I have just seen this come up a few times.
> >
> > http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
> >
> > Enjoy,
> >
> > Phil Davis
> >
> >
>>Golden Rectangle
"Steve DeMars" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking and
> what is it?
>
> Thanks in advance . . .
> Steve
>
Design without good use of proportions is either art or junk.
Dave
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Phil:
I read a good book on the subject about a year or so ago:
http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PRODUCT&PROD_ID=533153&cid=80486&fp=F
The author is a astrophysicist and explains the GR from
a mathmatical viewpoint as well from an artistic one. He
explains the roots of the GR as well examines whether
or not it shows up in nature on in art as often as people
think.
The truth of it all is that while it is interesting that the GR
does appear (sometime) in nature, it's use in art is not conclusive.
The pyramids and classical Greek scupture and buildings
for example, do not use the GR at all.
While it appears that we can use the GR as a general
guide in designing furniture, it is not an end all. Studies,
as expained in the book, indicate that people objectively
don't really gravitate towards objects built using the GR
as a design element when presented choices.
So my final thoughts - don't get hung up on GR.
MJ Wallace
Steve DeMars wrote:
> "Phil" <dirigo @ spamcop . net (delete the spaces)> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Thought I'd post this for the inquiring minds here. No
>>affiliation, I have just seen this come up a few times.
>>
>>http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
> Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking
> and what is it?
Try here, for starters:
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/Design/GoldenRatio/GM1.html
er
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I've been told (although I don't know for sure if this is true) that the
human eye's visual range (width to height) approximates the Golden
Ratio. However, this wouldn't explain why we find upright Golden Ratios
to be so visually appealing.
It does, however, match pretty much to the dimensions chosen for
standard TV sets (NTSC). THe same goes for landscape style painting and
pictures ... the GR just looks better.
Jack
Enoch Root wrote:
> Steve DeMars wrote:
>
>
>>"Phil" <dirigo @ spamcop . net (delete the spaces)> wrote in message
>>news:[email protected]...
>>
>>
>>>Thought I'd post this for the inquiring minds here. No
>>>affiliation, I have just seen this come up a few times.
>>>
>>>http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
>
>
>>Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking
>>and what is it?
>
>
> Try here, for starters:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/Design/GoldenRatio/GM1.html
>
> er
Thanks, I have been looking for that, just had no idea what it was called or
referred to . . .
"Phil" <dirigo @ spamcop . net (delete the spaces)> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thought I'd post this for the inquiring minds here. No
> affiliation, I have just seen this come up a few times.
>
> http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking and
what is it?
Thanks in advance . . .
Steve
"Phil" <dirigo @ spamcop . net (delete the spaces)> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Thought I'd post this for the inquiring minds here. No
> affiliation, I have just seen this come up a few times.
>
> http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Phil Davis
>
>
GREAT, thanks best response yet!
http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/Design/GoldenRatio/GM1.html
"Enoch Root" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Steve DeMars wrote:
>
>> "Phil" <dirigo @ spamcop . net (delete the spaces)> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>
>>>Thought I'd post this for the inquiring minds here. No
>>>affiliation, I have just seen this come up a few times.
>>>
>>>http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
>
>> Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking
>> and what is it?
>
> Try here, for starters:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/Design/GoldenRatio/GM1.html
>
> er
> --
> email not valid
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:09:22 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>mywebaccts (at) PLUGcomcast.net wrote:
>> It does, however, match pretty much to the dimensions chosen for
>> standard TV sets (NTSC). THe same goes for landscape style painting and
>> pictures ... the GR just looks better.
>4:3 isn't that close to the GR. Widescreen TV sure as hell isn't!
>
and NTSC isn't close to proper "colour" either.
NTSC aka Never Twice the Same Colour
Oh and that's colour spelt the proper way :-)
--
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:56:00 -0500, "Steve DeMars"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking and
>what is it?
>> http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
A rectangle can be long and thin, or short and fat, or anything in
between. The one with sides in a certain ratio, called the Golden
Ratio, is thought by most to be the most pleasing [aesthetic.]
However, I'd hate to have EVERY rectangle in the house that shpae.
Variety is the spice of life.
Google for methods of finding it, but basically it's the solution to
an equation found form each of those methods:
x^2 - x - 1 = 0
You'll find out the numerical value sqrt(5)+1 : 2, or, same thing,
2 : sqrt(5) - 1
mywebaccts (at) PLUGcomcast.net wrote:
> I've been told (although I don't know for sure if this is true) that the
> human eye's visual range (width to height) approximates the Golden
> Ratio. However, this wouldn't explain why we find upright Golden Ratios
> to be so visually appealing.
>
> It does, however, match pretty much to the dimensions chosen for
> standard TV sets (NTSC). THe same goes for landscape style painting and
> pictures ... the GR just looks better.
>
> Jack
>
> Enoch Root wrote:
>
>> Steve DeMars wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "Phil" <dirigo @ spamcop . net (delete the spaces)> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>
>>>
>>>> Thought I'd post this for the inquiring minds here. No
>>>> affiliation, I have just seen this come up a few times.
>>>>
>>>> http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/other/phi/
>>
>>
>>
>>> Excuse my ignorance . . . but how would one apply this to woodworking
>>> and what is it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Try here, for starters:
>>
>> http://home.comcast.net/~charliebcz/Design/GoldenRatio/GM1.html
>>
>> er
>
>
4:3 isn't that close to the GR. Widescreen TV sure as hell isn't!
dave
Martin Evans wrote:
> On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:09:22 -0700, David <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>mywebaccts (at) PLUGcomcast.net wrote:
>
>
>>>It does, however, match pretty much to the dimensions chosen for
>>>standard TV sets (NTSC). THe same goes for landscape style painting and
>>>pictures ... the GR just looks better.
>
>
>>4:3 isn't that close to the GR. Widescreen TV sure as hell isn't!
>>
>
>
> and NTSC isn't close to proper "colour" either.
>
> NTSC aka Never Twice the Same Colour
>
> Oh and that's colour spelt the proper way :-)
>
>
:) I spent my formative years in merry old England. I still catch
myself spelling things the British way.
Dave