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Double Plafond Prototype: More Simple Knots

So, I was writing up the preamble to my instructions for the plafond knot and was thinking about how one might logically expand this knot. It has no ears and the usual construction methods are...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Alternating Simple Knots

Just to see what would happen, next I tied the fourth simple knot in a alternate orientation (right over left vs left over right) squaring things up to see that would happen. Yep, not much,...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Expand and Explode a Single Plafond

Taking a single plafond knot I started manipulating it to see where the spaces in it for alteration were. First pull out the side loops. This makes it more clear the macrame style square knot heritage...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Add Sauvastika

So, I tied a sauvastika knot under the centre of the plafond knot while interlacing the side ears around the plafond frame, and then put the incoming and outgoing cords back through top and bottom...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Intial Sketch

I had my frame around 2 diamond centres, but I wanted the side structures to be balanced. Here's a first sketch (sans-frame) with some cord paths. You can see that even by the bottom of the sketch I...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Plafond Input Output

Backing up a step, I took a second to map the cord paths through the body of the single plafond knot. A square symbolizes what I consider to be the mass of the knot and letters mark the entrance and...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Layout One

So, start by sketching out the 2 centres, one over the other connected, two cords coming in the top and out the bottom. These are the assumptions I started with. So, then there are 2 cord terminal...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Scaffold

Preparing to tie my proposed double plafond knot, I created a scaffold by tying a regular plafond and then tying a sauvastika knot in sequence.Taxonomy upgrade extras: sauvastikaplafonddouble...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Layout Fail

Now, I would like to say that I proceeded from my preliminary layout sketch to a path sketch, decided that it wouldn't work and then carried on to the next layout. But as you can tell from the title...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Layout Two

So, here's my second loop layout thought. What do you think? Will this one work?Taxonomy upgrade extras: double plafondprototyping

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Double Plafond Prototype: Layout Two Trace

To everything there's a learning curve, eh? So this time I followed up the loop layout sketch with a path tracing. Looks much better this time. We have complete coverage, all the inputs and outputs...

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Double Plafond Prototype: Tied on Scaffold

I started tying this knot on the scaffold and for some reason didn't have my bodkin. Slow and painful going. I got to the second pass through the top single plafond before I gave it up until I got...

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Double Plafond Prototype: First Working Model

Remove the scaffold and "tada!!" it works. *happy dance*. The knot is front back symmetric and the sides of the frame are fortunately balanced. I like it. I wonder though if there's a way to balance...

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Designing a beaded sinnet stand

I'm taking one of those massive open online courses from Coursera, in particular, the Design class and foolishly decided, as my class project, to work on my current obsession, making a beaded sinnet...

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Beaded sinnet foam tool

Before I made a stand to do beaded crown sinnets with, I first did it by hand and then made a foam tool. This is the story of the foam tool.Now, I have foam flooring tiles which I purchased from the...

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