Doyle Spiral Studio
Generative Doyle spiral animations etched into steel and wood
Overview
Doyle Studio is a generative art tool I created to compute Doyle spirals and more patterns that can be exported as SVGs for fabrication with a fiber laser. The software can be used to animate geometric textures on a rotating disk, then translate the animations into physical pieces through engraving angled line patterns with a fibo laser. The current pipeline renders animated patterns and generates high-resolution SVGs for laser engraving. The surfaces reflection sequences can be changed based on the angle of the engrave line pattern similar to a zoetrope.
Experiments
- Tested both steel etching and wood lasering; both work, but steel is more promising for crisp contrast and durability.
- Ongoing tuning of fabrication settings to make the animated motion very clearly visible in the etched results.
- Planned animation UI driven by cellular automata rules to vary the Doyle spiral parameters over time.
- Future experiments with pixel-grid renderings to compare against the smooth circle packings for alternative animation aesthetics.
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