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Drawing An Ionic Volute: Stonemasonry Technical Skills at Skillstech Australia
Drawing An Ionic Volute: Stonemasonry Technical Skills at Skillstech Australia
Drawing An Ionic Volute: Stonemasonry Technical Skills at Skillstech Australia
Stonemasonry technical skills at SkillsTech Australia Adapted from Spooner H.J. : 'Geometrical Drawing' pp167-169
Proportions of rectangles
Ratio 7 6 5
7 6 5 7 6 5
= Length of side 210mm 180mm 150mm (150+105)mm/2 = 127.5mm 105mm 90mm 75mm (75+52.5)mm/2 = 63.75mm 52.5mm 45mm 37.5mm
Step 11: Draw quadrants to form the first turn of the spiral
Step 15: Find centre of each side of the square and project
vertical and horizontal lines
Step 17: Draw quadrants to form the second turn of the spiral
Step 21: Find centre of each side of the square and project
vertical and horizontal lines
Step 23: Draw quadrants to form the third turn of the spiral
Step 25: Clean up all construction lines and outline the spiral