behold the triple klein bottle!

[harpentuan]

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/object_images/535x535/10314758.jpg

http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/images/I046/10314758.aspx

[Granger's Glass]

:oh:

[PyroChixRock]

I think :oh: about covers it all...

[Greymatter Glass]

oh SNAP.

Someone call Doni and tell her it's GAME ON!

GAME ON BITCHES!


If they want to come to Albuquerque I'll totally sponsor an all female scientific glass blower klien bottle stacking competition - top prize is a liter of Knob Creek.

[PyroChixRock]

anyone know how big that bottle is?

[Greymatter Glass]

oh look close, it's cracked....

[CripSkillz]

i think i see it

[Mecha]

Is this the elusive and legendary "triple blown" technique? Someone call sinbad asap!

Seriously though, sick work...

[Islandglass Man]

I don't think you can find enough contestants for the flame off.

I don't think Doni can do three kliens like that but she has proven me wrong in the past.

I have done 2 kliens but it takes to long to make and it's not worth the time unless you are bored with life. I would rather work on something useful.

See you in Tucson Doug

Bear

[Swampy]

forgot the carb.

[mer]

amazing

[The Lorax]

I think :oh: about covers it all...

i'll second that.

whats the point of a klein bottle though? and does a triple do anything special or is it just made so someone could show they could do it?

[flamebob]

I just wiki-ed Klein bottle and i still dont know what the hell its for.

[Greymatter Glass]

They're essentially functionless - objects d' art, if you will.

it's a tangible approximation of an intangible mathematical function. Similar to a mobius strip.

As for contestants - if we can get doni and sally in one room to have a klien-off, that would work.

[atseasick]

Amazing, who cares what its for im just amazed.

[Mike Glass]

That's off the hook!
Nice work!

[DanBrooks]

gadzooks!!

[LaserPuff]

Too bad we can't view it in the fourth dimension, i heard that is where they go from art to being useful...

[lucidvisions]

Sick! Definately took some extreme thought and planning, could care less if there's a crack in it. I know I would never attempt it. Who made it by the way, you Harpentuen? Whomever great work!

Josh

[harpentuan]

oh man! I found this picture on a UK science site.

[nafglass]

That's nuts!

[colonel4bin]

Wow, that is killer! Say is made by Alan Bennett of Hi-Q glass in Bedford, United Kingdom. Couldn't find much on him after a few searches, no doubt a very skilled scientific blower with too much time to kill!!

[Rosentech]

Thats a pretty cool klein bottle.

We've got a cool project going on where I work. It's a 9 layer sphere with an opening on the outer layer that leads to each of the spheres. The O.D is about 7 inches.

Here are some ACTION pics!

[Red Raven]

Too bad we can't view it in the fourth dimension, i heard that is where they go from art to being useful...

:dieslaugh

In the 6th dimension they are self aware

[Jeremy D.N.]

throw some reversal windows on that klein, then ill be impressed

[Aussie]

people go large for klein bottles .... apparently .... that's funny coz "klein" is german for "small" ... get it? get it?? :slam: