Clay Koch Snowflake

Step 7 Done, kinda

The pictures here and in the intro are third iteration. I was already losing shape and getting blurry, but no doubt in part due to poor materials and a lot of start-stop losing the fluidity of the clay with no way to regain it (can't exactly work it into a smooth state again). To make a complete snowflake, attach three slices (the last iteration can be left without the top triangle as below if you'd like, or put it in a triangle instead of a hexagon but it won't extend beyond it) to a triangle of dark three base widths wide, i.e. the same size as each iterations assembled state prior to extending.

Bake as described on package (I didn't bother this batch since I wasn't happy enough with the result) and use for whatever (Evil Mad Scientist again goes into more detail in their article).

As you can see, mine turned out less then optimal but I see no particular reason this shouldn't work. If you're the more artsy type, perhaps you can demonstrate it better. If you're the math type, perhaps you can demonstrate why I'm wrong/right about it.

Happy claying.

Comments

[oskay]

Hey, very clever design and nice job! (Might help to use a darker color for more contrast next time?) I was thinking about this particular shape-- I was wondering if it might be possible to do it with the same process, so that's really great that you figured out the algorithm for it! -Windell

[LarrySDonald]

Thanks. I'm sure on the darker color that would help a lot, as would better clay. I was standing around looking at $10 of crayola or fibo and decided it probably wasn't what I needed so spend on, which says something about the budget around my place (the normal "raising a family" shoestring deal). Hope you or someone else can get some fun out of it.