My journey with the Platonic Solids needs to begin with a short explanation of THE foundational element as I see it – the TRIANGLE.
Specifically, the 30° 60° 90° triangle.
This is the form that Plato (428-348 BC) determined to be the most stable of the triangles, due to the 90° angle. In this triangle the base is one half the length of the hypotenuse (that diagonal line connecting the horizontal line and the upright line). If two of these triangles are placed side by side, with the 90° corners touching, the base becomes the same length as the hypotenuse and the angles equalize to 60° each, creating an equilateral triangle.
This triangle is part of the magic in three of the five solids: the Tetrahedron, the Octahedron, and the Icosahedron.
By using two right isosceles triangles (triangles with two equal sides and angles equaling 90°, 45° and 45°) placing hypotenuse to hypotenuse, we get a square, which leads to the most stable of the forms, the Cube, also called a Hexahedron.
The fifth element, the Dodecahedron, can also be created out of triangles: five triangles with angles of 72°, 54°, and 54°.
Since the Platonic Solids are considered Sacred Geometry, the Triangle must be the most sacred, as it is the foundation of the Platonic Solids. It is therefore logical to assume that anything constructed from these specific triangles will also be sacred. Look at some of the references throughout history. Michaelangelo, for one, used the triangle as his major structure of composition. Look at the shape of a mountain. . . the shape of a roof . . . the shape of a leaf. We see the triangle all over the place!
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Who is Pamm?
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Pamm Horbit thought she was going to be a Mom when she grew up; then she was going to be a concert musician; then a philosopher; then a scientist; and when she was 35 years old she decided to be an artist – a graphic artist, that is. In the late 90′s, computers became the bane of her existence, and then she realized that a computer could NOT sew beads together!
Beading became her philosophy – every bead stitched is like a meditation – the flow is absolutely musical! and the science? Technique! Technique! Technique! Pamm creates from her brain first – If she can’t see it, she can’t figure it out. Some of her projects are quite large (and unfinished)! Her friends laugh that she can usually tell you how many beads are in a particular project! In her world, structure is everything! If you have a sound foundation, you can get crazy (or not) from there.
As was her graphic design style, Pamm brings that same style, concentrating on simple lines to take the eye on a journey through her pieces.
Her philosophy: If you’re not putting laughter into your work – you’re just not having enough fun in your life!
