Twisted Donut is a piece of kinetic art. It has no other use. Twisted Donut starts its transformation as a donut (torus) shape. By twisting the parts, the shape becomes stretched into a line before twisting back into a donut. Especially the intermediate helical shapes are quite pleasing. The whole transformation is achieved with a hidden gearing mechanism.
Watch the
YouTube video.
Read at the
Shapeways Forum.
Read more at the
Non-Twisty Puzzles Forum.
Please order a 3D-printed do-it-yourself kit from Shapeways at this page (check with Oskar about screws and dye), or
contact Oskar directly if you are interested in obtaining a fully colored and assembled sample of this work.