{"id":21759,"date":"2015-08-10T14:04:32","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T14:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/?p=21759"},"modified":"2015-08-10T14:04:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T14:04:32","slug":"designer-spotlight-narada-dan-vantari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/designer-spotlight-narada-dan-vantari","title":{"rendered":"Designer Spotlight: Narada Dan Vantari"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are highlighting Narada Dan Vantari, the designer behind shop Sacred Geometry Web<\/a>. Narada first learned sterographic 3D as a teenager and has been hooked on mathematical art ever since. As an artist, website creator, musician, chess champion and more, Narada wants to turn the world on to the ancient knowledge of sacred geometry with the “futuristic” technology of 3D printing!<\/p>\n

Tell us a little bit about yourself: Who are you? Where are you located?<\/em>
\nI am an artist, website maker, musician, ex-Australian-Junior-Chess-Champion, on a mission to turn the world on to the ancient knowledge known these days as ‘sacred geometry’. I believe that geometry is a key to good science, a secret of great art, and a light on the mystical path. I specialize in original projections of higher dimensional geometries such as the these ones available in my shop: the Toroidal Hypercube, the 5 Dimensional Cube, and the 4 Dimensional Vector Equilibrium. I am based in Byron Bay Australia, a center of alternative society and creativity.<\/p>\n

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What’s the story behind your designs? What inspires you?<\/em>
\nAs a teenager I was lucky to have a friend turn me on to learning to draw by hand in stereographic 3D and I have been creating geometric models ever since though at first they were with matchsticks and glue. Geometry has a wide appeal across cultures and times, and there is a strong tradition of mysticism known as ‘Sacred Geometry’. From Islamic art to the psychedelic art of the 60s, from fractals to the new age and techno\/rave scenes use of it as venue decorations, light shows, and clothing designs – geometry is everywhere. I am inspired by the traditional belief that understanding and working with the most important geometric forms has a subtle but profound effect on the human mind. I believe that having them in your space and contemplating their structure can accelerate the soul’s evolution and activate higher brain functionality.<\/p>\n

What brought you to 3D printing with Shapeways?<\/em>
\nShapeways is truly a geometers dream come true! Geometers of the past must be seething with envy at our ability to turn ideas into realities so easily. I use these models as jewelery, teaching aids, altar pieces, talking points, meditation tools, and potentially as experimental equipment for free energy devices using magnets aligned to the geometries. \ud83d\ude09 (see my video<\/a> on this page here for early experiments in making the magnetic fields conform to the geometry.)<\/p>\n