Sketches illustrating the creation process of the Vortex Machine
Analysis of butterfly wing motion
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preliminary sketch for projection on woodblock and title
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study for the Strelitzia flower launching system
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flexibility and compression study for the Mast.
The final shape was sculpted from an ancient flag post
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study for the pecestal, which would support the Machine.
Measurements for economy of use. The shape would be sculpted form laminated plywood
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The pedestal , and sketches of the cable node on the Mast
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Martin Helm 