by Richard Weigand | Sep 7, 2017 | Richard Weigand
The Japanese concept of wabi sabi is ancient, deriving from even more ancient Chinese words. Scholars agree that wabi originally meant “the loneliness of living in nature, remote from society.” Sabi meant “chill,” “lean,” or “withered.” The more modern, more...
by Richard Weigand | Sep 5, 2017 | Richard Weigand
Fibonacci proportion bridges from physical to non-physical. When you use those proportions, you’ll have a satisfying naturalness to your work – whether it’s a painting, a chair, a house, a car, or anything. They all have proportions and that 1.618 [ratio, Euclid’s and...
by Richard Weigand | Aug 31, 2017 | Richard Weigand
In Italy in the year 1202, Leonardo Pisano Bigollo published a text on mathematics that became the standard throughout the known world. While his ideas have been applied to many modern uses, two in particular have retained their importance through the more than 700...
by Richard Weigand | Aug 28, 2017 | Richard Weigand
Then, economics comes into it. Those artists who say, don’t sell out, just follow your imagination, do what feels right to you… when you have an artist doing that, just doing what he wants to do with no regard for the marketplace, that’s when economics comes to view....
by Richard Weigand | Aug 24, 2017 | Richard Weigand
It’s often difficult to get a clear understanding of what someone else is really looking for. Someone can say he likes a certain style, but that doesn’t tell you what aspect of that “style” is the germ of the appeal for him: is it light or dark wood, or shiny finish,...
