Phi sculpture in Blackwood
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Phi sculpture in Blackwood
Image: © Jaggery Taken: 18 Feb 2014
Located in front of the Methodist Church, http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1731684 the sculpture is a 2007 work by Rubin Eynon. Two elements are combined in its design. The first is a Stone Age dolerite axe head, found near Blackwood. The shape of the axe head was used for the inner concave shape of the sculpture. The second element is the Golden Ratio spiral. The outer profile of the sculpture was produced using this mathematical ratio. The Golden Ratio (approximately 1.618) is represented in mathematics by the Greek letter phi. It is a ratio often encountered in nature and can also be found throughout history in art, architecture and music. One example among many is that Le Corbusier used the Golden Ratio of 1.618:1 in his Modulor system for the scale of architectural proportion.
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