Superplexus

McGinnis Artistry, LLC
  • 3D Design
    • ABOUT 3D-DESIGN
      • Art 5 Introduction
      • How to Critique
    • POSSIBLE PROJECTS
      • TGF
        • BASIC INFORMATION
          • TGF Project Introduction
          • Definitions
          • Project Grading Method
          • ESSAY: Value in Process
        • CONCEPTS
          • Types of Transformations
          • CUBE: Drawing to Assembly
          • PYRAMID: Drawing a Pattern
          • TETRAHDRON: Drawing a Pattern
          • OCTAHEDRON: Drawing a Pattern
          • Good and Bad Evolutions
          • Pattern Development
          • Evolution of a Stellated Cube Pattern
          • Duals
          • Parallel Twist
        • TECHNICAL
          • TGF Materials List
          • People Working on TGF
          • Scoring, Creasing and Cutting
          • Using a Straightedge to Draw Accurate Lines
          • Erasing Techniques
          • Gluing Techniques
          • Using a Story Pole
          • Bristol Paper Qualities
      • Lamp Project
        • BASIC INFORMATION
          • Lamp Project Introduction
          • Definitions
          • Critique Criteria
          • Project Grading Method
        • GUIDELINES
          • Making Paper Prototypes
          • Unacceptable Designs
        • CONCEPTS
          • Static
          • Dynamic
          • Circumovlution
        • EXAMPLES
          • General Examples
          • Standing Lamp
          • Non-Repeating Lamp
          • Butterfly Problem
          • Shadow Layering
          • Elaborations
          • Frosty Effect
          • Yupo Examples
          • Colors
          • Tracery
        • TECHNICAL
          • Materials
          • Electricity and Heat
          • Basic Polyhedra
          • Size Considerations
          • Module Proportion and Shape
          • About Symmetry
          • Interlock Design
          • Nesting for Efficient Use of Materials
          • Umbra - Penumbra
          • Shaper Trace
        • List of External Links
      • Pop-Up Book
        • Pop-Up Book Introduction
        • GUIDELINES
          • Pop-Up Prototypes
          • Paper Engineer, Illustrator, Author
          • Copyrights and Academic Honesty
          • Technical and Aesthetic Criteria
        • CONCEPTS
          • Spread Defined
          • Cut and Fold Versus Assembly
          • Interactive and Automatic Mechanisms
          • Tunnel Books
        • EXAMPLES
          • Spreads As Pop-Up Sculpture
          • Student Examples, Pop-Ups
          • Miniature Pop-Ups
        • MATERIALS, TOOLS & RESOURCES
          • Physical Tools
          • Art Media
          • Digital Media
          • Paper
          • Gluing Techniques
          • Books about Paper Engineering
          • The Pop-Up Lady Website
          • Web Links about Pop-Ups
        • VISUAL DESIGN
          • Visual Style, Part A
          • Visual Style, Part B
          • Color
          • Text as a Visual Element
          • Text Student Examples
        • DEVELOPING A NARRATIVE
          • Storyboard Defined
          • Storyline Defined
          • Simple Recipe for Story Creation
        • MECHANISMS 1
          • Mechanisms Introduction
          • V-Folds
          • V-Fold Variations
          • Scenery Flats
          • Scenery Flats, Supplemental
          • Tent Folds
          • Basic Platforms
          • Complex Platforms
          • Perfect Cylinder on the Gutter
        • MECHANISMS 2
          • Waterfall Mechanism
          • Dissolves
          • Coils
          • Cobweb Mechanism
          • Slotted Mechanisms
          • Offset Mechanisms
          • Across the Gutter Automatic Pull-Strip
          • Double Reverse Action Layer
        • MECHANISMS 3
          • Strings and Dowels
          • Plastic Rivets
        • BOOK BINDING
          • Spread Assembly
          • Binding Notes and Details
          • Video: How to Bind a Pop-Up Book
          • Video: Repairing a Pop-Up Book Spine
          • Cover Materials and Suppliers
      • Working from Calder
        • Calder-Inspired Jewelry Introduction
        • Calder Jewelry Examples
        • Student Jewelry Examples
        • Calder Related Materials
        • American Masters - Alexander Calder Documentary
        • Works of Calder, Short film
    • ABOUT COMPASSES
      • Differences Between Compasses, Calipers, and Dividers
      • About Vemco Drawing Instruments
      • Vemco's Design Evolution
      • List of Vemco Compasses, Dividers, and Accessories
      • Compass Technique Videos
      • DRAWINGS: Bisecting, and Finding Perpendiculars
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Compass Set Only Once
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side Length (no Protractor)
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side length, Using a Protractor
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon Within a Circle
    • FOR METALS RELATED PROJECTS
      • Tools For Cutting, Bending, Piercing, and Affixing Metal
      • What Makes Aluminum Special?
      • Metal Flashing
      • Metal Surface Treatments
      • Blind Rivets
      • Some Properties of Steel
      • Work Hardening and Annealing Metal
      • Simonds Files Catalog PDF
      • Nicholson Guide to Files and Filing PDF
  • Sculpture
    • Introduction and Other Resources
      • Sculpture Introduction
      • Artist Report
        • Investigating Sculpture
        • Reputable Sources and Citations
        • List of Artists to Choose From
      • Art 75 Outline
      • Art 21 Videos
      • Essay: Creativity and the Meaning of Sculpture
      • Essay Project: Your Personal Perspective
    • Positive-Negative
      • Positive-Negative Project Introduction
      • Examples of Two Juxtaposed Forms
      • Examples of a Singular Sculptural Object
      • Student Examples, Positive-Negative Project
      • Pass It On Exercise
    • Inflatable Sculpture
      • Inflatables Links
      • Site Photos
      • Student Examples, LBC Fall 2025
    • Sheet Metal Manipulation
      • Abstract Metal Form Project Introduction
      • Student Examples, Abstract Metal Form Project
    • Homage to Function
      • Introduction: Homage to Function
      • Hilla and Bernd Becher
      • Three Project Options
      • Student Examples, Homage to Function
      • Concept: Truth to Materials
      • Essay: Intention Versus Anti-Intention
    • Running Fence 50th Anniversary Project
    • Working in Series
      • Working in Series Introduction
      • Maquette Project
      • Formal Works in Series
      • Student Examples, Maquette Project
    • Narrative Assemblage
      • Narrative Assemblage Brief Introduction
      • Related Terminology
      • Essay: When is it Art?
      • Web Link: The Art Story, Assemblage
      • Option 1 - Found Object Narrative Assemblage
      • Option 2- Body Cast Narrative Assemblage
      • Found Object Artists
    • Human Bust in Clay
      • Human Bust Introduction
      • Student Examples, Well Done Busts
      • Student Example, Eye Alignment Repair
      • Student Examples, Problematic Busts
      • The Eye
      • The Mouth
  • Community Projects
    • CMOSC Lighting Commission
    • CMOSC Ratto Commission- DRAFT PAGE
    • Northern Lights

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Superplexus

McGinnis Artistry, LLC
  • 3D Design
    • ABOUT 3D-DESIGN
      • Art 5 Introduction
      • How to Critique
    • POSSIBLE PROJECTS
      • TGF
        • BASIC INFORMATION
          • TGF Project Introduction
          • Definitions
          • Project Grading Method
          • ESSAY: Value in Process
        • CONCEPTS
          • Types of Transformations
          • CUBE: Drawing to Assembly
          • PYRAMID: Drawing a Pattern
          • TETRAHDRON: Drawing a Pattern
          • OCTAHEDRON: Drawing a Pattern
          • Good and Bad Evolutions
          • Pattern Development
          • Evolution of a Stellated Cube Pattern
          • Duals
          • Parallel Twist
        • TECHNICAL
          • TGF Materials List
          • People Working on TGF
          • Scoring, Creasing and Cutting
          • Using a Straightedge to Draw Accurate Lines
          • Erasing Techniques
          • Gluing Techniques
          • Using a Story Pole
          • Bristol Paper Qualities
      • Lamp Project
        • BASIC INFORMATION
          • Lamp Project Introduction
          • Definitions
          • Critique Criteria
          • Project Grading Method
        • GUIDELINES
          • Making Paper Prototypes
          • Unacceptable Designs
        • CONCEPTS
          • Static
          • Dynamic
          • Circumovlution
        • EXAMPLES
          • General Examples
          • Standing Lamp
          • Non-Repeating Lamp
          • Butterfly Problem
          • Shadow Layering
          • Elaborations
          • Frosty Effect
          • Yupo Examples
          • Colors
          • Tracery
        • TECHNICAL
          • Materials
          • Electricity and Heat
          • Basic Polyhedra
          • Size Considerations
          • Module Proportion and Shape
          • About Symmetry
          • Interlock Design
          • Nesting for Efficient Use of Materials
          • Umbra - Penumbra
          • Shaper Trace
        • List of External Links
      • Pop-Up Book
        • Pop-Up Book Introduction
        • GUIDELINES
          • Pop-Up Prototypes
          • Paper Engineer, Illustrator, Author
          • Copyrights and Academic Honesty
          • Technical and Aesthetic Criteria
        • CONCEPTS
          • Spread Defined
          • Cut and Fold Versus Assembly
          • Interactive and Automatic Mechanisms
          • Tunnel Books
        • EXAMPLES
          • Spreads As Pop-Up Sculpture
          • Student Examples, Pop-Ups
          • Miniature Pop-Ups
        • MATERIALS, TOOLS & RESOURCES
          • Physical Tools
          • Art Media
          • Digital Media
          • Paper
          • Gluing Techniques
          • Books about Paper Engineering
          • The Pop-Up Lady Website
          • Web Links about Pop-Ups
        • VISUAL DESIGN
          • Visual Style, Part A
          • Visual Style, Part B
          • Color
          • Text as a Visual Element
          • Text Student Examples
        • DEVELOPING A NARRATIVE
          • Storyboard Defined
          • Storyline Defined
          • Simple Recipe for Story Creation
        • MECHANISMS 1
          • Mechanisms Introduction
          • V-Folds
          • V-Fold Variations
          • Scenery Flats
          • Scenery Flats, Supplemental
          • Tent Folds
          • Basic Platforms
          • Complex Platforms
          • Perfect Cylinder on the Gutter
        • MECHANISMS 2
          • Waterfall Mechanism
          • Dissolves
          • Coils
          • Cobweb Mechanism
          • Slotted Mechanisms
          • Offset Mechanisms
          • Across the Gutter Automatic Pull-Strip
          • Double Reverse Action Layer
        • MECHANISMS 3
          • Strings and Dowels
          • Plastic Rivets
        • BOOK BINDING
          • Spread Assembly
          • Binding Notes and Details
          • Video: How to Bind a Pop-Up Book
          • Video: Repairing a Pop-Up Book Spine
          • Cover Materials and Suppliers
      • Working from Calder
        • Calder-Inspired Jewelry Introduction
        • Calder Jewelry Examples
        • Student Jewelry Examples
        • Calder Related Materials
        • American Masters - Alexander Calder Documentary
        • Works of Calder, Short film
    • ABOUT COMPASSES
      • Differences Between Compasses, Calipers, and Dividers
      • About Vemco Drawing Instruments
      • Vemco's Design Evolution
      • List of Vemco Compasses, Dividers, and Accessories
      • Compass Technique Videos
      • DRAWINGS: Bisecting, and Finding Perpendiculars
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Compass Set Only Once
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side Length (no Protractor)
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon with a Given Side length, Using a Protractor
      • DEMO: Drawing a Pentagon Within a Circle
    • FOR METALS RELATED PROJECTS
      • Tools For Cutting, Bending, Piercing, and Affixing Metal
      • What Makes Aluminum Special?
      • Metal Flashing
      • Metal Surface Treatments
      • Blind Rivets
      • Some Properties of Steel
      • Work Hardening and Annealing Metal
      • Simonds Files Catalog PDF
      • Nicholson Guide to Files and Filing PDF
  • Sculpture
    • Introduction and Other Resources
      • Sculpture Introduction
      • Artist Report
        • Investigating Sculpture
        • Reputable Sources and Citations
        • List of Artists to Choose From
      • Art 75 Outline
      • Art 21 Videos
      • Essay: Creativity and the Meaning of Sculpture
      • Essay Project: Your Personal Perspective
    • Positive-Negative
      • Positive-Negative Project Introduction
      • Examples of Two Juxtaposed Forms
      • Examples of a Singular Sculptural Object
      • Student Examples, Positive-Negative Project
      • Pass It On Exercise
    • Inflatable Sculpture
      • Inflatables Links
      • Site Photos
      • Student Examples, LBC Fall 2025
    • Sheet Metal Manipulation
      • Abstract Metal Form Project Introduction
      • Student Examples, Abstract Metal Form Project
    • Homage to Function
      • Introduction: Homage to Function
      • Hilla and Bernd Becher
      • Three Project Options
      • Student Examples, Homage to Function
      • Concept: Truth to Materials
      • Essay: Intention Versus Anti-Intention
    • Running Fence 50th Anniversary Project
    • Working in Series
      • Working in Series Introduction
      • Maquette Project
      • Formal Works in Series
      • Student Examples, Maquette Project
    • Narrative Assemblage
      • Narrative Assemblage Brief Introduction
      • Related Terminology
      • Essay: When is it Art?
      • Web Link: The Art Story, Assemblage
      • Option 1 - Found Object Narrative Assemblage
      • Option 2- Body Cast Narrative Assemblage
      • Found Object Artists
    • Human Bust in Clay
      • Human Bust Introduction
      • Student Examples, Well Done Busts
      • Student Example, Eye Alignment Repair
      • Student Examples, Problematic Busts
      • The Eye
      • The Mouth
  • Community Projects
    • CMOSC Lighting Commission
    • CMOSC Ratto Commission- DRAFT PAGE
    • Northern Lights