Gaieus sent me the following messages: @unknownuser said: Yeah, there have been several occasions (demand) for a chat channel at SCF (we could actually implement it quite easily even in a way that all the users registerd and signed in at SCF are automaically signe in with the sme details in the chat). The only concern was that a forum will always allow the "acumulation" of knowledge while a chat is ephemeral and is easily lost. I'll have a closer look now, thanks. later: @unknownuser said: I still don't see anything wrong with this, Chris (after reading the whole topic).In fact,it could be fun! This is helpful don't you think? Chris

@fbartels said: ...a general presentation tool? you might be interested in Wink too. hth, Norbert

Interesting, it reminds me of a house on the Flintstones.

Very pretty, sir. On the lighting--I don't know if you can control it: I think it looks more like a spoon than an egg. There's a sharpness at the edges. Perhaps I am perceiving it this way because there's no blurring from depth of field and the image looks like a close-up photo.

I love your art, the caught up in an idea (to me) seems as though a something is grabbing something else from the back in a Heimlich Maneuver type way. Your art is similar, (while at the same time way different) to the work of Charles Csuri.

nice piece of art Coen!! I think we should have a a thread here only for sculptures.. What do u think?? Elisei

One more from another perspective. Clearly, there are some different perspectives on this work. [image: 20080902221631_1h2m8s.jpg]

great, Fred. I have been waiting for you to start impressing us with renders of your models. and after a long silence from you (I was a bit concerned already) such a wonderful surprise! I am looking forward to see more of these!

Just to bring the ongoing saga up to date. I made six more of the hexagonal hubs out of plywood. (As an aside, let me state that it is a lot easier to build things in the virtual world of SketchUp than the real world of saws, drills and wood... and I have the bandaids to prove it.) The jig I built to assist with creating the hubs helped but I'm not able to cut the hexagons to the tolerances really needed to make the jig work well. Anyway, I put everything together yesterday, glued it up and tightened up the bolts. I am quite pleased with the results. I now have a prototype of a structurally solid wooden TIN. I can stand (all 200+ pounds of me) on the center hub and the TIN barely flexes. Next step is to cut triangles for the faces out of 1/2" plywood. [image: vJ9q_IMG_5300.jpg] [image: Vb22_IMG_5298.jpg] [image: Uttk_IMG_5296.jpg]

Lewis, Thanks for the advice... and for the caution. Appreciated. Fred

dear Fred, again, I really like your sculptures. but I will be honest, I am not very fond of the texture. I would love to see this with something more "dreamy" (perhaps with some transparency maps, like you had before or simply something more abstract). but as always its a joy to see one of your new objects - truely inspiring!

Dear Fred, I really like your design. Reminds me of the Robinson family treehouse! Keep up the good work. Ward

even Dune worm adolescents have awkward phases ...

beautyful sculptures. it is wonderful to see your last few models being actually two sculptures interacting with each other.

I like it a lot, Fred. wonderfully powerful curves. why don't you try to fit a building in it but seriously. imagine a building with that shape as fassade - great!

I'm just sitting on the beach and enjoying the show. Very cool renders all! Fred

Thanks guys. What I find frustrating is that the fluidity of working with SU breaks down as you start to get into models with a really fluid look to them. You can set FFD to work on a high-poly model -to get that extra curve you want- but if you do don't expect to use SU for a couple of hours. Oh well, the trick is to use limits to improve your creativity... at least that's how I rationalize it.

Blue sky elephant!

Durant, Thanks for the demiurgic comment. "Whimsy funk" captures my approach/style pretty well. Fred