Category: Magnet Limit
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33.5: 5 Ring Construction – Winners Announced
1st Place: David Eye catching, when reduced to a small icons. This object was “made entirely with 3 pentagon rings put into a triangles, then made into octahedrons using 8 triangles. Each octahedron is then attached to another on the vertex and then layered with a few more in-complete octahedrons to give it more of…
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33: The 5-Ring Subunit
The September 2013 contest is to build any sculpture using only 5-Ring Subunits. One of the most simple subunits, which still allows great variety of form. Pentagonal rings can be stacked in either polarity, or connected at the sides for interesting experiments into topology. All identifiable rings or chains must be part of a 5-ring…
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32: A Firearm, Fictional or Real.
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it. -Clint Eastwood The August 2013 contest is to recreate a gun, rifle, pistol, or cannon of your choice. It can be modeled after an existing one, it can be a scaled clone of a…
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31: A Worthwhile Emblem
“Sometimes a symbol holds more power than the thing it represents. Like the symbol for Thing, the one I created that is confusing and abstract and makes people ask, What is that thing? And I always reply, “If you already knew, why did you ask?” ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale The July Contest…
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30: Difficult Human Face
♦♦ This one is HARD ♦♦ To experience the aura of a phenomenon means to invest it with the capability of returning the gaze. —Walter Benjamin Your challenge, if you accept it, is to attempt to create a 3D human head face of magnets, as accurately as possible. In order to succeed, you will need a lot…
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29: All Natural Landscape
“Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly desolate landscape, an overwhelming hallucination can make one feel that oneself, as an individual human being, is slowly being unraveled. The surrounding space is so vast that it becomes increasingly difficult to keep a balanced grip on one’s own being. The mind swells out to…
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28.5: Two Set Monopoly – Winners Announced
Great turnout on the May Monopoly Piece contest. There were 14 entries, though over half of them were tophats. This is probably because it was the most simple of the monopoly piece options shown. But we all have to start somewhere. Magnets spheres generally appeal to math nerds and the intellectually gifted, but to nobody does understanding of…
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28: Classic Monopoly
Fun Fact: The board game Monopoly was originally invented to teach people about the evils of capitalism. And then the Parker Brothers took over, and made millions 😀 There’s a range of creative freedom presented in Zen Magnet contests. On the end with less restrictions, there have been contests to build anything with a certain…
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27.5: Zen and the Art of Cycle Creation – Winners Announced
Incredible Turnout. And many amazing entries in the April 2012 Single Set Cycle Contest. Most of which are impressive, and clearly the result of above average intelligence. Although the limit of Zen Magnets allowed was merely a single set of 216, there was plenty of room for creative freedom. Since there were so many entries of…
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27: Single Set Cycle
Some of the Zen Magnet Contests are like a trek up a mountain, that require large amounts of preparation, determination, and magnets. This contest, is a walk in a small park, on warm cloudy day. The March 2012 contest is to construct a minimalistic motorcycle (or bicycle) out a single set of Zen Magnets. Keep your…
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26.5: Thor Magnet Skirmish – Winners Announced
Only 9 total entries submitted in the February 2012 Thor Sculpting Contest. Of all the contests with a goal of replicating an exsisting object, this might have been one of the hardest. We had two entries that were perfectly tied for first place, many heads above others. Though this was also because our voting system required 5…
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26: The Massive Thor
Update [3/1/13] – Contest Extended until 3/5. 60 Damage per ground attack, with 0.5 splash radius against air. And an optional 250mm Strike Cannon that can quickly remove dangerous units. The February 2013 contest is to create one of the best support units in Starcraft II, the Thor. No limit on the number of magnets,…
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25: Hex Stack to Icosahedron
It’s January, so it’s time for magnet sphere time trials! Only those who have agile fingers, and those seeking a sharper mind should attempt. The 25th Zen Magnets contest is to turn a Zen Hex Cylinder, into a 9-Triangle Icosahedron, which can be made with twenty triangles. The submission deadline is the last day of…
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24.5: Musical Instrument Entries Posted – Winners Announced
16 total entries submitted in the January 2013 Musical Instrument contest. A wide array of equipment was represented, though half of them were string instruments. A total of $232 worth of magnetic prizes were awarded in this contest. 1st Place: GalaxyTraveler This Magnet Glockenspiel, or xylophone if made of wood, is made of a total of…
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24: Magnetic Interpretation of a Musical Instrument.
What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft? A flat minor. What’s the difference between a violin and a viola? No difference. The violin just looks smaller because the violinist’s head is so much bigger. The December contest is to create a sculpture of the musical instrument of your choice.…
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23.5: Mandala Tower Entries Posted – Winners Announced
12 total entries from submitted in the December 2012 Mandala Tower contest. Many abstract beauties submitted. For some reason, the skyscrapers shot in front of a night sky were almost unanimously chosen over towers shot in front of a light background. A total of $207 worth of magnetic prizes were awarded in this contest. 1st Place: Mathnetism…
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23: Mandala Tower
The entire contest.zenmagnets.com site has been updated! More on this below. The November contest, is to make a tall architectural masterpiece with a maximum of 1728 Zen Magnets. The building must be at least three times higher than it is wide at the base. No additional structural objects besides magnets may be used, however building on a magnetic surface…
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22.5: Magnet Shadow Entries Posted – Winners announced
16 total entries submitted in the October Shadow Projection contest. Coincidentally, there were again ties for 4th place, 5th place and 6th place. Don’t expect 9 winners to be something that happens often! Somehow, just like last time, a total of $239 worth of prizes. 1st Place: Benjamingoossen The photo above, The Man in the…
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22: Shadow Projection
Unlike most magnet contests, the focus of the October contest will not be on the magnet sculpture itself, but instead on the shadow dropped by the sculpture. To make a distinct shadow, we recommend using a single, minimally diffused light source. You will also need to submit two pictures. The first will be the actual…
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21.5: 9-Triangle Subunit contest entries – Winners Announced
Contest 21: Winners Announced. entries from all skill levels in the September Triangle Subunit Contest. With ties for 4th place, 5th place and 6th place, there were a total of 9 winners, an a total of $239 worth of prizes. 1st Place: Mathnetism A repeating sculpture reminiscent of molecular structures of organic chemistry. If we learned anything from…
