From:
Simon Brown <moonsong@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Tue, 04 May 2004 13:34:44 +1000
Subject:
Uses of Balls
Elaine,
This time you have gone TOO far! I am not going get into a discussion about
the knob on the end of a pole!
As Karen says, balls can be decorative (a finial), or as Clive says,
functional (a cannonball). There are a lot of interesting sites: search
using 'kugel' (ball). There is a good one here: http://www.kugel.com/
The Chinese balls are featured here: http://www.monte-graniti.com.au I have
misplaced the pricelist (current for Australia), but there should be similar
distributors near to you.
The sphere is a geometrical concept; a ball is a 3-D realisation of that
concept. Even a beach ball is a ball because it has a wall thickness, and it
occupies space rather than being represented by a line on paper. A starting
point for sphere geometry:
http://math.rice.edu/~pcmi/sphere/sphere.html#basic
And rolling into sacred geometry... http://www.innergardenart.com/Apg3.html
The stones are split from boulders using plugs and feathers in drill holes,
worked entirely to shape by hand and air-powered bush-hammer. If there is
time we use air-powered wet stones to hone and polish the surface
Regards,
Simon
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