Dan Ryska
Fractals Reflection
How do Fibonacci numbers show up in nature?
How are Fibonacci's represented in your piece?
In general, describe what is going on in your piece.
On many plants, the number of petals is a Fibonacci number and correspond to the sequence:
buttercups have 5 petals; lilies and iris have 3 petals; some delphiniums have 8; corn marigolds have 13 petals; some asters have 21 whereas daisies can be found with 34, 55 or even 89 petals.
My piece is a collage of representation of Fibonacci numbers in flowers; the Fibonacci spiral in roses, in fruit and vegetables (Romanesque Broccoli/Cauliflower (or Romanesco). This is an amazing thing that nature evolved in this such ‘organized way’. It can lead us to the question how does it work? Why nature is this such organized chaos?
Connection:
The connection between nature and mathematics is clearly present in my piece. As said above, the innate organization is related to the mathematics sequences discovered.
