Thursday 24 February 2011

Repetitive patterns 2

A sphere is the most repetitive pattern there is. It is the same all round a perfect shape.

It is perfectly symmetrical.
It has no edges or vertices (corners)
All points on the surface are the same distance from the center.
The most typical way to use paper to make a sphere wud be to keep lapping it over itself until it became round then shave of the imperfections to smooth the serface in other cases to screw up a piece of paper would start a sphere.
You can use all different media to make a sphere like with elastic bands. also in winter snow is used to create snowballs which are generally crafted into a sphere shape.

The sphere is used also for competitive sports e.g Football, Tennis, Golf, Volley Ball.


Of all the shapes, a sphere has the smallest surface area for a volume. Or put another way it can contain the greatest volume for a fixed surface area. The sphere appears in nature whenever a surface wants to be as small as possible. Examples include bubbles and water drops.

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