Wednesday 28 March 2012

task five - 500 words



CELLOUS BONE
THE HUMAN BONES ARE ONE OF (OR ANY ANIMAL BONES), IF NOT THE MOST GEOMETRICALLY
COMPLEX NATURAL STRUCTURE ON EARTH. FOR THE PURPOSES OF
EXPERIMENTAL MODELLING, ONE REGION OF THE HUMAN BONES HAVE A PARTICULARLY INTERESTING GEOMETRY, WHEN IT’S MICROSCOPED – CANCELLOUS BONES.  IT IS OFTEN FOUND ON THE EDGES OF ROUNDED BONES LIKE ARMS AND LEGES, IT STRCUTRALLY RESEMBLES HONEYCOMBS AND ACCOUNTS FOR BOUT 20% OF BONE MATTER IN THE HUMAN BODY. IT IS THE SPONGY INTERIOR LAYER OF BONE THAT PROTECTS THE BONE MARROW. CELLOUSBONE HAS A UNIQUE APPEARANCE, AND RANDOM SERIES OF PATTERENS AND LAYERS WITH HOLES. IT IS PRETTY FASCINATING STRUCTURED SHAPE THAT I ATTEMPTED TO EXLPORE THROUGH MY MODEL. I WANTED TO EXPLOIT THE POTENTIAL FOR DYNAMISM AND BEAUTY THAT THIS STRUCTURE
EXHIBITS, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME CELEBRATING THE UNIQUENESS OF
EACH PRODUCT OF NATURE. (STUDIES SUGGEST THAT SIMPLE AGINING SLIGHTLY CHANGES CANCELLOUS BONE, MAKING IT LESS COMPLEX AS PEOPLE AGE.) THIS IS SUCH AN INTERESTING FACT THAT THE STRUCUTRE OF THE BONE CHANGES AS IT GETS OLDER, LESS STRUCTURED.


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