Back in early October I posted The Black Donut, in which I talked about the possibility of donut-shaped black holes. It’s entirely possible that I got this idea because I passed a Krispy Krack.

Ugh, what’s wrong with me that I want that so bad…?

Anyway, I signed up for an experimental honors CAD class. It is supposed to intersect Art and Science. I know. I could hear them screaming my name, too. I had a tough choice picking which project I wanted to do and, like Wimbly from Fraggle Rock, I gave the program staff the four projects I was considering and let them pick which one most reflected their program. They picked this one.

Here are the characteristics of it:
• 8 weeks (half of a semester)
• one-credit (so I was just able to do it in my spare time)
• two academic advisers: one from science and one from art
• cite references, don’t just pull something out of your backside
• present it in front of faculty and peers

I had some serious software problems (functions that worked crisply in spring seemed to no longer work in fall) and I actually ended up behind in the very roomy schedule I set for myself. After restarting, I was still able to produce this. I was hoping to have time to clean it up after classes ended but time has been a bear coming up on Christmas and then New Year’s. I’ll post now exactly what I showed at presentation time (as I’ve been asked to get on with it and share it), and I’ll spruce it up with better graphics and sound in the future.

If you lose this post and want to come back to the video, I’ll also have it on the Drafting and CAD page in the menu.

Go forth and create,
-CG