Cymatics | Making sounds visible: Sound vibrations transform colorful sand patterns

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“Japanese performance artist Kenichi Kanazawa taps a rubber mallet on a steel table to make sound vibrations that create beautiful transforming sand patterns. Using a scientific sound-visualizing process called Cymatics, he is able to manipulate the complex sand shapes by making frequencies visible through these vibrations: the higher the frequency, the more complex the design.”

creating vibrations to move sand

color patterns from sound

Previously: More Chladni patterns, vibrations, and some Oobleck, just for kicks.

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