Category: No Limit
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70.5: Perspective Framing – Winners Announced
1st Place: Purple Ixora Purple Ixora takes 1st place recreating the iconic 007 opener. I’d wager most of our judges cut their teeth playing countless hours of Goldeneye, so this was a no-brainer. Purple Ixora said James Bond was not part of the original plan, but the tube was so reminiscent of 007 they had…
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70: Perspective Framing
The contest for August 2019 is to photograph a sculpture through another separate sculpture. You will need to create at least 2 separate builds, one in the foreground framing the sculpture in the background. No limit on the number of magnets or brand, but must be 5mm spheres. This should be a fun exercise in…
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69.5: Apollo 11 Lander – Winners Announced
1st Place: Glen Landing in first place is Glen with this impressive interpretation of the Apollo 11 lander. If you’re curious as to how he nailed this, the answer is research: “I built my Apollo 11 Lander by first finding a 3D model of the lander to give myself a better understanding of the lander…
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69: Zen Apollo 11 Lander
That’s one small step for man, a giant leap for mankind. – Neil Armstrong The scope of the July 2019 contest is very narrow: imitate the structure of the Apollo 11 Lunar Lander, with only Zen Magnets, no quantity limit. Contest 69 is a throwback to Contest 2, the very first build contest that took…
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68.5: Utilitarian Pen Holder – Winners Announced
1st Place: Cody The winner of the Pen Holder contest is Cody, with his build modeled after a flower with very handy petals. The catch-all basket on top is a nice touch, and our judges thought so as well. Good job, Cody, you get $100 for 1st place. 2nd Place: DBOI Coming in 2nd place,…
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68: Utilitarian Pen Holder Unlimited
Organizing is what you do before you do something, so that when you do it, it is not all mixed up.-A. A. Milne The June 2019 contest is a pen holder utility contest. What’s a pen holder? Something on a desk that holds pens and keeps things organized. Some of us may benefit from them.…
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66.5 Non-Fiction Auto – Winners Announced
1st Place – tend2it tend2it secured 1st place for the Automobile contest with his recreation of the Ariel Atom 3.5R. Utilizing a mix of Zen Magnets and colorful Neoballs, he was able to construct a solid build and achieve nice contrast between separate parts of the vehicle. For a layer by layer construction, check tend2it’s…
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66: Non-fiction Auto
A dream without ambition is like a car without gas… you’re not going anywhere. – Sean Hampton The April 2019 contest is an impressionism contest to create a non-fictional passenger vehicle out of 5mm magnet spheres. You do not have to use Zen Magnets, so throw some color into your impressionist build if you like.…
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64.5: Famous Landmarks Unlimited – Winners Announced
1st place: Ben Cannon – Tower of Pisa The voters have spoken and Ben takes 1st place with his interpretation of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Here’s what he had to say on his process: “I had to get a bit creative with making pillars for such a small model, so I ended up settling…
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64: Famous Landmarks Unlimited
“When smashing monuments, save the pedestals – they always come in handy.” –Stanislaw Jerzy Lec The February 2019 Contest is to recreate a famous landmark with any number of 5mm or 2.5mm magnet spheres. The landmark is up to you, as long as it’s on this list of top 150 landmarks. Using any brand…
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61.5 Chain Reaction – Winners Announced
1st Place: Mathnetism Mathnetism’s magnetic ghost dominoes pulled ahead for the big win. The columns topple each other without ever touching, and the constructions themselves are quite precarious to build. Mathnetism receives $250 in Zen Credits for 1st place. 2nd Place: Aidan Aidan’s clever use of completing a chain to initiate a reaction…
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61: Chain Reaction
“Nothing is lost. . .Everything is transformed.” ― Michael Ende, The Neverending Story $250 First Place The November 2018 Zen Magnets contest is to capture footage of a magnetic mechanical exothermic reaction. #1st place gets $250. At least 5 winners. Create a situation one small movement releases the potential energy of many magnets through a cascading…
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60.5 Shadow Projection Threequel – Winners Announced
1st Place: Vivien “Zödel, Escher, Nach.” was inspired by the cover of a 1979 book by Douglas Hofstadter which portrays the letters G E B. Vivien undertook the challenge of recreating this photo, changing the shadow letters to Z E N, and figuring out how to light it. On top of that, a shape constructed…
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60: Shadow Projection Threequel
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. -Michelangelo It has been 6 years since we first posted our original Shadow Projection Contest, and 5 years since the last one was held. So, we’re making Shadow Projection Contest an October tradition. The photography for this contests is always incredibly creative,…
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59: Popsicle Stick Balancing Act
It is your work to clear away the mass of encumbering material of thoughts, so that you may bring into plain view the precious thing at the center of the mass. – Robert Collier The October 2018 contest is to create a sculpture that balances on two Zen Magnets, on a fixed popsicle stick. Not…
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58.5: Unlimited Zen Dinosaurs – Winners Announced
1st place: Tend2it Tend2it overcame the obstacles of this challenge and came out on top with a stylistic, well crafted dinosaur. “The challenging aspects with this build include: how to generate a 3D look building outward, how to create the legs strong enough to support the body, how to get the rounded body profile layer by layer,…
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58: Unlimited Zen Dinosaurs
Life, uh, finds a way. – Dr. Ian Malcom The August 2018 contest is to create a 3D dinosaur of your choice using Zen Magnets. From our own experience dinosaurs are not the easiest to replicate in magnet form, especially bipedal ones, which is why there is no limit to the number of magnets. We are looking…
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56.5: Cubic Figure-eight Knot Created
Not only was the explicitly defined goal accomplished, just a day after the challenge was announced, but we had 3 successful entries entered within a 24 hour period. First was Mathnetism himself, who’s cubic trefoil knot inspired this contest in the first place. Submitted on June 28, 5:11PM (MST), with 3490 Zen Magnets used,…
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56: Wanted – Cubic Figure-eight Knot
[6/29/18 Edit: The challenge has been accomplished. Announcement soon.] Wanted: A rotationally symmetrical Figure-eight knot with Face Centered Cubic lattice construction. Bounty: $200 + $50 * Months after July 2018 The goal of the July 2018 contest is to make a Figure Eight Knot in the same cubic structure used in Mathnetism’s Trefoil Knot. Historically, most…
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43: Castle Construction
A man’s home may seem to be his castle on the outside; inside is more often his nursery. -Clare Boothe Luce The January 2015 contest (#43) is to make a castle or fortress with any number of Zen Magnets that you choose to. What qualifies as a castle, is in the eye of the imagineer.…
