It seemed strange at the time that I was not really allowed to photograph my own works.
The three main tripod poles were a little over two metres long and 100mm in diameter.
The intermediate poles were approx. 60mm diameter.
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| These were my own photos and I admit they're not good. I had to grovel on hands and knees to get them and was given about 30 seconds to take the four shots. It seemed strange at the time that I was not really allowed to photograph my own works. |
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| The main "double tet" tripod structure came about after a curious discussion between Setsuko and myself. Setsuko had observed some of my quirky geometric modeling structures and there was instant chemistry. |
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| This is a scale model of the proposed arrangement. The three main tripod poles were a little over two metres long and 100mm in diameter. The intermediate poles were approx. 60mm diameter. |
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| The bamboo structure here is an example of what is called "4-axis rod-packing", (although it has nothing to do with guns ;-). See scale model below. |
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| Scale model of "4-axis rod-packing". |