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Fibonacci Gauge, PHI Caliper Design Tool--Double Size--Walnut--"Thousands Sold"
$ 12.98
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Description
--A Favorite of Crafters and Artists Worldwide--More than 3000 IlexOpaca PHI Calipers Shipped
Enhance your Art, Crafts and Creative Projects
and Challenge your Students
The Golden Ratio
1.618 to 1.000
or
1.000 to 0.618
With the Comfortable Feel of a
Solid Wood
Fibonacci Gauge at Your Fingertips
This double-sized Fibonacci Gauge is made new in my shop using attractive black walnut wood and aluminum hardware. This tool holds the Golden Ratio constant over the span of its points, and can be used when creating small/medium sized drawings/paintings or patterns in any scale to place objects and components in pleasing proportion with each other and the piece as a whole.
The great builders of ancient Greece knew about and incorporated the Golden Ratio in the timeless designs of their wonderful buildings and temples. For example, using the Fibonacci Gauge to inspect a photo of the Parthenon of Athens, you could see the Golden Ratio incorporated into nearly every aspect of that beautiful structure. Similarly, using the gauge to inspect the joints of your arm from fingers to elbow, you can see that the natural spacing of the knuckles and joints also conforms to the Golden Ratio. Similar phenomena occur universally in nature, so the Golden Ratio is considered to be a "natural ratio". You can tap the inherent attractiveness of this natural ratio by using the fibonacci gauge to adjust the proportions in your own designs...and be pleasantly surprised with successful outcomes!
This double-size Fibonacci Gauge weighs 3 ounces (85 grams), and measures 14 inches (35.5 cm) long, 1/2 inch (1.2 cm) thick, and has a total working span ranging from 1.75 inches (4.5 cm) to about 21 inches (53 cm) wide. It accurately holds the golden ratio constant over the variable span of its three points, with a margin of error of less than plus or minus 2%. It is useful to artists, crafters, sculptors, architects, drafters, wood workers, quiltmakers, and others who want their creative handiwork to convey beauty and harmony. Medical and dental technicians use the Golden Ratio and related instruments in their fields of work. And financial stock traders make important decisions while observing the Golden Ratio in the rise and fall of market graphs.
A fibonacci gauge this size can be used by a teacher when demonstrating the golden ratio on a chalkboard. Or useful to an artist to lay out a canvas; or a crafter, to use with pencil and paper, in any scale, during the design process; or to use on a physical workpiece in the shop when making that next measurement. Or, as a teaching tool, a fibonacci gauge can help students explore their surroundings for the natural occurrence of the golden ratio.
Cosmetic Specialists: Please note that this size of fibonacci gauge is probably not suitable for permanent make-up. My 7-inch model gauge is a size suited to P. M.
See my other listings for fibonacci gauges in two different sizes and made with other attractive high quality hardwoods. Made with high grade wood, no two gauges are exactly alike; each has its unique attractive wood-grain appearance.
And each is guaranteed to accurately render the golden ratio, with a margin of error of less than plus/minus 2 percent.
If you have any questions about these items, please feel free to ask. Thanks for looking, and happy shopping!
SPECIAL OFFER: For Fibonacci fans, I will include, free of charge, two independent derivations of the Golden Ratio (one geometric, and one mathematical) with the purchase of two or more Fibonacci gauges from my listings. As always, a quantity shipping discount applies on all multiple item purchases.
International Buyers – Please Note:
Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility.
Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying.
Shipping Notice:
As of January, 2020, the US Postal Service has increased the postage rates for domestic and overseas shipments.
The current shipping
and handling charges of this listing reflect those changes.
The shipping discount for the purchase of multiple items remains in effect,
commensurate
with the new postage rates
.