Transcription of A Guide to Good Design - Fine Woodworking
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A Guide to Good Design - Fine Woodworking
A Guide to Good Design Pleasing proportions borrowed from nature B Y G R A H A M B L A C K B U R N. THE GOLDEN RATIO. The golden ratio, represented with the Greek letter phi ( ), is based on an equation ([1 + 5]/2 = ) that produces a E. ven if you should be blessed visualize it by dividing any given decimal that proceeds infinitely without repetition. For with a good eye, it's not easy line so that the longer part is practical purposes, it is rounded off to to Design a piece of furniture times greater than the shorter part. without using some underlying par- One of many intriguing principles adigm for determining its dimen- of the golden ratio is that the shorter A ( ) A. sions and the inner proportions of its portion of the line is in the same parts. Whether it's a Design method THE GOLDEN RATIO IN ITS SIMPLEST FORM proportion to the longer part as the passed on from craftsman to appren- If you bisect any given line using phi, the longer portion is longer part is to the whole line.
50 FINE WOODWORKING 1. Construct a right-angle triangle with a base twice the size of the height. 2. Draw an arc with a radius equal to the triangle height. 3. Draw a second arc with a radius equal to the bisection of the hypotenuse. Second arc bisects the base at the golden ratio. 4. Rotate the shorter section 90° to complete the golden ...
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