A chain of circles each turn on the rim of the one before, and the pen at the end of the chain traces the closed figure their speeds add up to.
Curve & Field Backgrounds
Chladni Plate
Sand settles along the still lines of a vibrating plate, and as the driving mode swings through zero the whole nodal figure inverts and reforms.
- chladni
- cymatics
- standing wave
About Chladni Plate
Sand settles along the still lines of a vibrating plate, and as the driving mode swings through zero the whole nodal figure inverts and reforms.
Part of Curve & Field Backgrounds. Runs 10 seconds by default, exports in 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5, as MP4 or transparent WebM up to 8K.
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