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Apprentice 2008 — 2012

Gleeson Ryan

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Leonardo daVinci wrote: judge me by my works, not my words.

The Portfolio Project is an effort to train Apprentices to document their designs as evidence of their skills and the Museum's scope and purpose. While there is some collaboration in all designs, unless otherwise noted the the creative and technical decisions that shaped this project are principally the apprentice's.

Title: Geometric Architecture for Soap Bubbles

Year: 2012
Age: 17
Apprentice Year: 4th

Assignment: Design Projects for Leonardo the Mathematician workshop
Category: Leonardo the Mathematician
Specifics: observe the simplicity of soap film geometry


Title: Luca Pacioli's Polyhedra (bamboo, height 8')

Year: 2012
Age: 17
Apprentice Year: 4th

Category: Leonardo the Mathematician
Specifics: constructed by a team of 12 in 1 hour


Title: Ellipse Compass

Year: 2012
Age: 17
Apprentice Year: 4th

Category: Leonardo the Mathematician


Title: Compass

Year: 2012
Age: 17
Apprentice Year: 4th

The Marble Tree project illustrates motion by building a spiral track for a marble to follow.

Leonardo's Drum

Handset to Handphone

Roman City


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