Design Ideas for Pearlgonites
Posted: 21 May 2020 14:18
The thing with pearlgonites and SuPs is that once you made one of them you want to make more of them. So I'm here with some new experiments. 
I'm mostly interested in how to play with different color layouts to highlight the geometric forms in a dodecahedron. The following pics show two possibilities:
- The one on the left highlight the pentagon forms - if we use any pentagon form as base, a pentagon pearlgonite can been seen as a construction with 5 layers with 5-5-10-5-5 beads for each layer.
- The one on the right highlight the triangle which is the intersection of three conjunct pentagons - if we use this triangle as a base, a pentagon pearlgonite can be seen as a construction with 7 layers with 3-6-3-6-3-6-3 beads for each layer.
The idea for these two prototypes was to accentuate different layers/geometries with colors. The downside for this design is that the resulting pearlgonites/SuPs will have two good-looking angels as illustrated in the pictures, but more random-looking from the side.
I've also tried to create a gradient effect within a single pearlgonite, as you can see from the three pearlgonites in the center of the prototype on the right. I wanted to create more variations with the colors, and this was also done based on the layers idea from above.
This is all I have for now. Maybe more experiments in the future. I hope this will be slightly helpful if you happen to consider making a pearlgonite/SuP yourself. Any ideas/feedbacks/suggestions are welcome! The thing with design is that it gets better if we build on each other's ideas.
I'm mostly interested in how to play with different color layouts to highlight the geometric forms in a dodecahedron. The following pics show two possibilities:
- The one on the left highlight the pentagon forms - if we use any pentagon form as base, a pentagon pearlgonite can been seen as a construction with 5 layers with 5-5-10-5-5 beads for each layer.
- The one on the right highlight the triangle which is the intersection of three conjunct pentagons - if we use this triangle as a base, a pentagon pearlgonite can be seen as a construction with 7 layers with 3-6-3-6-3-6-3 beads for each layer.
The idea for these two prototypes was to accentuate different layers/geometries with colors. The downside for this design is that the resulting pearlgonites/SuPs will have two good-looking angels as illustrated in the pictures, but more random-looking from the side.
I've also tried to create a gradient effect within a single pearlgonite, as you can see from the three pearlgonites in the center of the prototype on the right. I wanted to create more variations with the colors, and this was also done based on the layers idea from above.
This is all I have for now. Maybe more experiments in the future. I hope this will be slightly helpful if you happen to consider making a pearlgonite/SuP yourself. Any ideas/feedbacks/suggestions are welcome! The thing with design is that it gets better if we build on each other's ideas.
I enjoy looking at my SuP and pearlgonite and photos of other ones on here. I love the beauty in the patterns highlighted by the colours and looking from different angles.
Only my fingers disagree with me sometimes because of the tight pulling which makes them ache a bit 
field with flowers... beautiful!
. By lost I mean sat on because I use some as wallet pearls