Delicate structures made with steady hands and many coins
February 8, 2020 11:45 AM Subscribe
Thumbsam1 stacks coins (YouTube videos) into a delicate tower, a complicated, patterned tower, a bridge, and more towers. [via Mltshp]
Cantilevered building with dry-fitted blocks is a super fun pastime. You can do it with wooden alphabet blocks, jenga pieces, checkers, coins, clay brick, concrete block, etc.
Some of the biggest breakthroughs of Late Roman through late gothic architecture are related to discovering and exploiting the type of arches, vaults and buttressing that work on the principles displayed in these videos— I love it all!
posted by SaltySalticid at 5:56 PM on February 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
Some of the biggest breakthroughs of Late Roman through late gothic architecture are related to discovering and exploiting the type of arches, vaults and buttressing that work on the principles displayed in these videos— I love it all!
posted by SaltySalticid at 5:56 PM on February 8, 2020 [1 favorite]
It must really help to have coins with holes in the centers! Impressive work.
posted by Archer25 at 9:05 AM on February 10, 2020
posted by Archer25 at 9:05 AM on February 10, 2020
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