Creating The Never-Ending Bloom

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*Correction May 1, 2017: At 2:06, a graphic in the video incorrectly wrote the formula for the golden ratio. It should be B/A = A/(A+B). We regret the error.
John Edmark's sculptures are both mesmerizing and mathematical. Using meticulously crafted platforms, patterns, and layers, Edmark's art explores the seemingly magical properties that are present in spiral geometries. In his most recent body of work, Edmark creates a series of animating “blooms” that endlessly unfold and animate as they spin beneath a strobe light.
Produced by Luke Groskin
Filmed by Christian Baker
Music by Audio Network
Additional Stills and Video by
John Edmark
Charlie Nordstrom
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[@slosher6394]

that was amazing

[@unvergebeneid]

Or, to be more precise, it was _fucking_ amazing.

[@graphite2786]

slosher Actually , truly, fucking amazing.

[@WolfManJammer]

In addition; right-oh, truly, fuckin amazing.

[@G4mm4G0bl1n]

What you seeing here is the beauty of infinitisemal Mathematics in combination with the Fibonacci Numbers. :)

[@m0derncat401]

In addition addition super amazing fuckin amazing

[@madcatlady]

you should get in contact with Ikea, I reckon everyone will want some of those around the house!

[@koningwillie6839]

madcatlad ikea should contact him

[@TheSock]

Especially for lamps

[@madcatlady]

@Austin Downing nobody asked for your sexist and homophobic opinion

[@snake__0173]

@Austin Downing congrats

[@agnidas5816]

Except this isn't original at all and furniture cooler than anything he shows here is already available for sale.

[@ArtBySabin]

"I think my work is successful when it evokes a sense of wonder/magic". You have very much succeeded, sir.

[@dawniebug784]

"I think my work is most successful when it evokes a sense of wonder" Well said.

[@thats_so_laven]

"I am sometimes asked, why am I so intrigued with spirals?" Oh boy that does NOT sound good when you've just spent your time with Junji Ito's work

[@xelith6157]

Lmao

[@kayEnt3rtainm3nt]

Came here to leave this comment. Bravo on beating me to it XD

[@h-Films]

what is the reference here

[@bourhinorc1421]

@@h-Films it's just said on the comment,

[@devinspencer1678]

@@h-Films Look up the Uzumaki series

[@techpriest4347]

Last time a guy got obsessed with spirals, it didn't end well. Edit: PLEASE, IT'S BEEN 5 YEARS, STOP REPLYING TO THIS! I'M REFERENCING UZUMAKI BY JUNJI ITO, OKAY?!

[@sheedokdeedok]

yeah, i think i know that guy. contorted him own body so he can fit inside a tub, right?

[@Theguyoverthere603]

Ever read Uzumaki?

[@mr.nicecookie4784]

YES OMG FAVORITE MANGA EVER

[@OphiuchiChannel]

Pi

[@litterboks]

@@Theguyoverthere603 I came here just to find this comment

[@AAvfx]

*Fractal animations in real life!* 🤯

[@agnidas5816]

You haven't seen what nerds with 3D printers have done. Go use those as search terms. If you liked this you will be blown away by the really cool stuff people make which is more interesting than a golden ratio chest of drawers from the Victorian era :P

[@JTheMelon]

@@agnidas5816 Don't mind him. He's just a verified clout chaser, commenting on random youtube videos, looking for people to click on his channel who are curious of his verified icon

[@xenotic4086]

@@JTheMelon He's legit a VFX artist. I think he knows what he's talking about.

[@mateopavolini]

@@JTheMelon LMAO STFU

[@tuneboyz5634]

🙂

[@shdwskully]

1:09 those rotating stairs look beautiful

[@fromtrix]

90% of the comments = Last time a guy got obsessed with spirals, it didn't end well. 10% of the comments = that was amazing

[@yeet3385]

"that was amazing" got pinned with 1K likes and "Last time a guy got obsessed with spirals, it didn't end well. " has 900+ likes. I read these both, why are these a year ago

[@SpykelucLP]

You litteraly just read the first 2 comments lmao

[@aelovesya]

Exory yeah

[@zapdust2928]

you mean 85% Last time a guy got obsessed with spirals, it didn't end well. 10% of the comments = that was amazing and 5% of comments are your comment and this one

[@bolson42]

Exory it might be a comment bot... just uses unreliable algorithms to get worthless internet points

[@MUtley-rf8vg]

I think I've seen some clips of his animated spirals before and automatically assumed they were morphing CGI forms. I had no idea they were static real life objects rotated on a lathe & filmed with a strobe effect. Way cooler!

[@blackanimecat2]

M. Utley thats what i thought they were until he started explaining the stop motion picture bits.

[@fryncyaryorvjink2140]

They should have a room in a museum with these things under strobe lights

[@rickrandom6734]

@@fryncyaryorvjink2140 No. They should have these under strobe lights in psy trance parties.

[@tuomasheikkinen9251]

@@rickrandom6734 Hell yeah!

[@zernestro]

@@peteMickeal33 both - the camera would see it because of the shutter chopping it into a sequence, and your visual apparatus would see it because the strobe light pulses, showing you only select "frames of the animation", making it apear to move. The ratio of the strobe light power vs. the presence of ambient light would change the intesity of the percieved effect.

[@PeeperCrizzalive]

*flashback to someone else obsessed with spirals* "oh no!"

[@eclipseeeeee4766]

OH NO

[@helper_bot]

*sweats nervously*

[@vikaspanchal6628]

who?

[@PeeperCrizzalive]

@@vikaspanchal6628 manga stories called uzimaki by junji into. (Hopefully spelt it right.)

[@coffi1638]

@@PeeperCrizzalive Junji ito

[@_anti_woke_]

he has the best job in the universe .He is the ultimate kid.

[@Antikia]

If they incorporated these kinds of beautiful structures into math in school more kids would be excited about learning it

[@zaxonov]

No they wouldn't. Like always it would interest one or two who were already interested in the first place. The others would say wow for 2 minutes and then will keep bitching about math when they'll need to actually think and calculate anything.

[@arehtman3329]

@@manelcosta4097, is he wrong tho, do you really think, that this kind of aproach would pull more kids towards being intrested in math?

[@manelcosta4097]

@@arehtman3329 There would be always people who are not interested in it, but I think that showing the beauty of mathematics and what can you do with it, would give more purpose to doing boring homework, to a lot of people. I always thought I hated maths, but when I finished school and learned from channels like numberphile, vsauce, and started to apply it to drawings, for example, it changed my mind. Certainly, sentencing kids by saying "well they woudn't change anyways" won't help anyone.

[@Hycil2023]

@@manelcosta4097 i think it would be awesome if in school they could show visually what the math we are using is doing like cosine and the other ones

[@PotatoPizza420]

Manel Costa he isn’t wrong 😂

[@mimikyoo]

I read a manga about this guy once

[@mimikyoo]

Someone should show it to him

[@denno445]

This is how it starts...

[@liquidflesh2127]

Junji Ito yes?

[@kapilsharma320]

Tell me

[@FleaOnMyWiener]

@@kapilsharma320 Uzumaki

[@sarahs5340]

This makes my mind incredibly happy. I love your work and it’s refreshing to see someone express so artistically subject matter that fascinates me. Thank you.

[@MathPhysicsEngineering]

In that case, I believe that you will like the playlist on logarithmic spirals that I prepared. The first video is just for the joy in the beauty of the logarithmic spirals. The other one starts easy but then goes deep into the math and the derivation of the equation and the solution of the differential equation inspired by Zeno's Mice problem. Enjoy: kzbin.info/aero/PLfbradAXv9x7g4Ri_BZtHGCk9tlfy-n1D

[@Drawgonian]

As a 3D artist creating foliage, this information is invaluable. Thank you

[@EMENEMSY137]

Is in it?! I said in more words..but yes! 😌🍀💖🙏💞🕉️✨

[@dickschneider5537]

I had never heard of the "golden angle" of 137.5 degrees. Very interesting video.

[@jeffbayard2036]

try this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZavf2tveLyNY6M

[@ABaumstumpf]

Well, cause it isn't important, same as the Golen Ratio is nothing really special either.

[@14bqdonk]

@@ABaumstumpf yes l, its not important for people that has nothing to do with it. Even photography and videography have golden ratio.

[@Niels357]

Fibinati numbers

[@malaise7110]

pizza motarella

[@Bannanas94]

He should watch the movie "Uzumaki". I bet he would love it.

[@chizu4455]

the manga is better

[@solihinusman]

The movie is a joke visually. Read the manga as Chaddabox suggests here and the imageries will stick to your brain

[@NickiRusin]

Read the manga, couldn't sleep for days. Movie's nothing compared to it.

[@budmeister]

Vincent de Jong is a loser for even mentioning the movie without the manga.

[@HilbertXVI]

@@budmeister Let's not jump to conclusions, there is a possibility he didn't know about the manga.

[@jamesrgoes]

It's great when science and art come together...it produces awe inspiring results and sometimes reveals nature's hidden patterns and secrets

[@GautamKumar-wx3sm]

This really looks magical. Thank you for this experience. You definitely achieved your goal of making people wonder what's going on there.

[@PallasTurrets]

*junji ito wants to know your location*

[@UditENG-xi4pu]

lol Unsusal behavior yea I see where your going lmao

[@malikfaisal416]

Just wait until him put himself in a tub

[@dashaanisimova1148]

My first thought 😂

[@viiiderekae]

@@malikfaisal416 😱😨

[@shyguysd929]

pls no

[@bradgessner1]

Thank you for sharing your amazing creativity and brilliance. Bringing mathematics, art, and clearly seeing the natural world’s beauty which is there trying to help us discover the truth is very showing in your creations. I really appreciate your work!

[@bethnolastname]

Having my mind blown open on a Monday morning is a most wonderful thing! Thank you!

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

This is definately one of my favorite videos because in incorporates a basic pattern in nature with human intervention to look at it in a different way. Facinating!

[@MyMegaTasks]

He was found in his bed the next day morphed into a giant snail like form.

[@pradnyakulkarnibywar6098]

So underrated

[@jamesfra1311]

They are so hypnotic, This guy is a genius! I'm loving the content Scifri!

[@Adamprivate678]

Fascinating background on the concepts, as a lover of kinetic art and unique illusions this is just pure magic to me. Thanks for putting my thoughts into words.

[@justjiggy2204]

It's so peaceful and mesmerizing! It's a smart piece of art!

[@RollingAudio1]

I love how 90% of comments are about Uzumaki. Who hasn't read or seen Ito Junji's Work omg.

[@21EC]

1:47 - Wow, this structure looks like it could make a really great building design ! with these curved triangle shaped balconies..really nice design.

[@Username-le4eq]

Kinda like burj khalifa

[@ThunderboltWisdom]

It is exactly Burj Khalifa.

[@olgierdogden4742]

Beautiful. The numerous blossoming spirals remind me of when I would close my eyes as a baby I would see swirling geometric patterns in gold on a very dark navy blue background.

[@missmara3756]

An artist that deserves a huge amount of recognition. Mind blowing work!

[@AmbroseReed]

These are so gorgeous!

[@lazarvs]

Im actually in love with these

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Fantastic!!! I have seen many variations of this, but this video demonstrates the most developed of physical structures I have ever seen using the Golden Mean.

[@vishank7]

This is beautiful on soo many levels. Love it!

[@sreevardhini7049]

Amazing, mesmerising art, I feel like I want to learn from him.

[@ellenl5626]

This is fascinating, and I would love to take one of his courses. He has definitely succeeded in evoking a sense of wonder and magic.

[@florencioortega1291]

Finally something to excite my life. Was getting depressed until now. Inspired.

[@AscendtionArc]

Amazing. Thanks for sharing this.

[@Dev1nci]

Grasshopper is an amazing tool :D but this guy also knows how to use it in imaginative and inventive ways!

[@ArbitraryOnslaught]

Wow! whats going on there!? how is that possible!?

[@bettythomas8660]

Computer science

[@chelyzmarx7477]

the object rotate at the speed your little mind cant comprehend.

[@Gwydda]

I know, I just watched a video explaining something, and at the end I'm just thinking "What is going on?"

[@flamen3158]

I read it at the same time he said it. Boi

[@jeromecabarus6893]

A random guy would say: the golden angle made it possible, he mentioned it in the video.

[@MayaJourney1]

Thank you for sharing. Your work is wonderful and your explanation is great.

[@ruthieonline]

That's the reason wy all flowers in nature are so beautiful, perfect

[@PythonPlusPlus]

Anyone who’s read Uzumaki will stay well away from this guy

[@chopin65]

Why?

[@jzimmer8740]

@@chopin65 According to a brief Googling, it looks like the horror in that manga was related to spirals.

[@ibsyrfalhsn]

@@jzimmer8740 Junji Ito!

[@sk4dic]

@@chopin65 It's a horror Manga by Junji Ito, in which the horror stems from the spiral. It is REALLY good!

[@lucasmucas9072]

@@jzimmer8740 thank you Kowalski for the analysis

[@arashk0]

It is just amazing.what a creative mind!

[@_creighton]

Really staggering level of modeling skill... thank you for sharing this.

[@nonatie8514]

Wow what a unique man you are. Creating beautiful things that no one even ever dreamed of. Only in nature before you came along. I am beyond impressed. Wish I lived near so as to occasionally see your beautiful creations. Never lucky enough to meet anyone so talented. Continue to create and enjoy them as I am sure you shall.

[@jerrymuns]

This artwork is more than just aesthetically pleasing it is morpha-liciously spectacular!!!

[@kimbyrd2298]

Is there that a word or did you just give us a brand new morpha-liciously way of describing detail? I will say it 10 times and make it a part of my vocabulary, thank you. It must go into the Urban Dictionary.

[@kimbyrd2298]

Thank you Jerry Muns for giving the world 'Morpha-liciously", if you did.....it is an amazing achievement. I like me it, I really do.

[@fizz8912]

this feels like one of those optical illusions where you look into the centre for a bit and when you look away, u hallucinate😂😂😂

[@june.622]

I'm always attracted from this kind of floating art. Its a multitude of all in one. 💖

[@anjalishejwalkar3400]

Love his work!

[@fredkrol932]

I am spellbound! The combination of the math with the art is beyond sublime! I wish I could take a class with you. Is the golden angle applicable to the Fibonacci spiral? In other words, if I continue to mark the angles will the resulting spiral be a Fibonacci spiral? Thank you for posting this video!

[@dialcnn]

I agree, this is very much linked to industrial design, measurements and geometry 📐

[@fastnbulbouss]

On magic mushrooms this must be simply mind blowing.

[@kennyk4134]

those are just beautiful , im hypnotised.

[@michaelmunoz679]

"We dont know where we come from we dont know where we are going" "create" is a word he can not use without giving honor to a creator who know where we come from and where we are going

[@messiahspeople]

Well said. As someone has put it, "Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God."

[@lynth]

"Why am I so obsessed with spirals?" ->He read Uzumaki

[@memaimu]

This is LITERALLY the script from Junji Ito's work, word for word.

[@machin8593]

I got chills watching those move

[@crackerjack9320]

Awesome! I couldn't decide which piece was my favorite

[@wyldegi]

Last time I was obsessed with a spiral, I lost an eye.

[@aoarashi3025]

OMG at least your hair didn't try to kill you

[@jsb7975]

a Dutch artist and graficus (Escher) Also was captured by a sense of perpetuum mobilae. He did his graphics on paper. He would be suprised to see all this actual beauty .

[@julieenslow5915]

Pieter Sweelinck With all due respect - I don't think he would be surprised. He did not have the tools to create what this artist does - but Escher did his work first in his mind, so I really believe he understood the potential. I do think he would be thrilled to actually see it though, plucked as it was from his mind. And this artist should consider that an extreme complement. (because his work is thrilling!)

[@celineshaw9841]

My life has just been changed and deeply inspired within the last five minutes. Best 5 minutes of my life, and I've had a truly wonderful life.

[@cambridgeratmom]

I am in complete awe of people who create these beautiful objects.

[@c.e.schlink9933]

Could you show people HOW you create these incredible pieces? Are they all CNC cut? What tools do you use? Glued, hardware etc? This would be really great to see! Do you have a book?

[@jackkennedy98]

does this guy have a channel?, he's amazing!

[@smokerjoe5231]

A website : www.johnedmark.com

[@user-yh1uh3hf4i]

Most amazing thing I ever seen!!! Fractals is the beginning!!

[@Dylan-vp7gy]

Wonderful, magical, impressive work. Inspiring.

[@door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978]

Title: Spirals Normal People: "Wow this is amazing" Itou Junji Fans: **nervous sweating**

[@enigmaodell6806]

Seems weird that I don't see any gurren lagaan comments.

[@johnnyjoestar4473]

This is probably what Junji Ito watches in his spare time

[@letmetellyousomething123]

Beautiful and Inspiring. Genius!

[@maybilal9201]

Nice work & remarkable effort

[@isaacsrandomvideos667]

2:30 That could hypnotise you...

[@tee8795]

If the math classes were taught in this manner, I would have enjoyed it more.

[@kcleach9312]

wow! you just opened new dimensions of thoughts in my head! thank you!!!!!

[@ThunderboltWisdom]

Amazing! I'm obsessed with the golden ratio so to find out there is a golden angle is eye opening. It is so obvious now: the reciprocal angle of 222.5 multiplied by the golden ratio gives the 137.5. Fantastic. Sacred geometry shows me something new. Again!

[@kipofthemany2213]

I love the fibbinatci sequence/ golden ratio. It's just so gosh darn elegant!

[@Usudario]

"My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio".

[@originalname6231]

Such A good song (gorgio by moroder)

[@Xtremedarkjoy]

Tune!

[@DarkEclipse78]

Reminded me to the leader of team rocket in Pokemon

[@mycatwashere4760]

I thought this was a jojo reference...

[@catwithagun902]

@@mycatwashere4760 it's not?

[@chrisnurse6430]

Such mastery and artistry

[@celsaprado4185]

Beautiful Art work. Thank you.

[@pofficial3345]

since i don't know what is this spiral manga i'll just say great job

[@monkeh3925]

It's a body dismorphia horror manga by junji Ito named "Uzumaki" .... Trust me it's worth reading! You would be having some nightmares for some days tho

[@pofficial3345]

@@monkeh3925 oh i see, thanks

[@Sydwrd]

This is satisfiying af, ok KZbin you did great today

[@tomahawk1556]

Amazing Creativity indeed! Thank You So Much for the Efforts & for Sharing! 🌷🌿🌎💖

[@housesing]

Incredible and beautiful work! Wow!!

[@jumpander]

Junji Ito smiles.

[@brinbin_]

1/4 of the comments actually contributing and acknowledging his work... The rest of the comments... *UZUMAKI S P I R A L S*

[@viiiderekae]

Well.. you can never forget it once you read it 😨

[@snake__0173]

Yeah, I'm just liking those 1/4 comments cause they're hard to find

[@aluryva6171]

I mean when you start the video with how he did, it's hard not to make comparisons. He literally takes the time to talk about an obsession with spirals

[@Mario-xr3jo]

Wow! This is so amazing!

[@gmanon1181]

I remember a dream where I saw machines with similar patterns and I was told that was intelligent design. I was fascinated. And here I am fascinated with this work. I love it

[@michaeleinstein7097]

This is not a unusual behaviour but a normal behaviour underscored until now

[@ET-yc4ll]

''I am fascinated by spirals'' Junji Ito warned us about this.

[@jimdandy8685]

Breathtaking work!

[@jasonbyrne8487]

Truly beautiful, hypnotic even, isn't it wonderful how mathematics seems to be the key to unlocking the natural world...

[@chymane3451]

I thought the title was ‘Eating the Never-Ending Bloom’

[@goliiad]

my life is a neverending downward spiral.

[@danielcampos1715]

Which means that there is an infinite way downwards, just like when you started, so nothing has really changed. You will never reach the bottom neither because you´ll die before that. The whole universe will disappear before anything changes in that spiral. That's what happens when you use infnitesimal structures to describe your life.

[@goliiad]

Rip

[@Funnymoney101]

what are you Emplemon?

[@danielcampos1715]

And everthing stays the same...

[@ellieprice3396]

Why not a never-ending upward spiral that takes you infinitely upward, at least in thought, instead of downward?

[@rainhartiessen7413]

I've just seen 2 examples in an exhibition in Berlin ("Futurium"). Then searched in the web and found your video. Wonderful, amazing.

[@daftfan121]

This was so satisfying to watch

[@sanghamitra5681]

Wow! What's going on there?! How is that possible?! Sense of wonder evoked. Great video, even though I understand so little.

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Look up Golden Mean in nature for starters.

[@yulith]

came here to make a junji ito reference but im too late :(

[@ccmcgaugh]

Absolutely awesome! Thanks for sharing your inspirations. I'll try it in Blender. 😀

[@petepete2284]

Everything moves in patterns and is cyclable. There is something about the spiral, torus that is amazing. Cool stuff