Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures

[93Regina]

These are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a
strobe light. The placement of the appendages is determined by the
same method nature uses in pinecones and sunflowers. The rotation
speed is synchronized to the strobe so that one flash occurs every
time the sculpture turns 137.5º—the golden angle. If you count the
number of spirals on any of these sculptures you will find that they
are always Fibonacci numbers.

For this video, rather than using a strobe, the camera was set to a
very short shutter speed (1/4000 sec) in order to freeze the spinning
sculpture.