Interesting Manhole covers
Its been a busy week workwise, and so a slow week as far as the blog is concerned. So I give you some easily missed art. This is a job I would love, if anyone can hook me up: designing unusual manhole covers. There is something very appealing about having your work under everyones nose but usually unoticed. Waiting for someones casual interest to turn into a wonderful discovery. Here are three from my recent trip to Vestmannaeyjar in Iceland. The Puffin street sign they have are a bit too cutesy though.
Just irregular enough to make my brain try to parse writing.
Geometric flower
Apollonian Gasket? Why must there be Tarmac over both of these I found, why why why?
Fascinating! A shame with the tarmac on it. How disrespectful!
Its fascinating really. This time, I would also go around and find out some things like these. There is a temple named Sun Temple in Puri, India. It has lots of such geometric figures but some erotic too. There are many other temples in the South India too which have lots of geometrical aspects. Take a look at one of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brihadisvara_Temple. Just imagine how the architects of those years would have lifted up the 81.25 tons of granite to the top of the temple.
I like this cute crocodile manhole cover in Japan
http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/smiling-crododile-manhole-cover-toyonaka-city-osaka/
that is not an apollonian gasket. random Apollonian packings,
Hence the question mark. Its an Apollonian gasket up to sufficent generalisation.
umm i know what i meant it exhibits random apollonian packing. it is not an appolonian gasket.