Category: Magnet Limit
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21: 9-Triangle Subunit
The September contest is to build a sculpture using only 9-Triangle subunits. To create a 9-Triangle, make a ring with 9 Zen Magnets, and pinch three sides into a triangle. For many, this will be an interesting exploration into topology. Connecting six triangles at compatible edges will create a flat hexagon. Connecting less than six,…
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20: Essay Contest – Don’t Ban Magnet Spheres
Click Here to Sign the SaveMagnets.com Petition Submissions Closed If you sent an essay, expect a response by mid September. A lot of prizes this time. And a lot at stake. If you haven’t already heard, the US Federal Government is trying to ban all sales of magnet spheres. All companies have received voluntary stop-sale…
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19.5: Icosa-Dodeca entries – Winners Announced
Winners Announced! Another incredible turnout, and many impressive entries. With ties for third and fourth place, six contestants will be receiving prizes this round. 1st Place: Koozdra Koozdra work represents the pinnacle of geometric mastery, so there’s no surprise that his fractal-esque object took a 30% lead over second place. As with most of Koozdra’s…
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18.5: Two set spaceship entries posted – WINNERS ANNOUNCED
WINNERS ANNOUNCED So after extended voting, the standings were much more clear. These contests just keep getting better and better. There were a lot of ties this time, so a total of 9 people will be receiving prizes. 1st Place: EraZorX Undoubtedly a veteran with magnet spheres, EraZorX is one of the true champions in…
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19: All out Icosahedral-Dodecahedral dual – Submissions closed.
The June contest, is to build a sculpture with magnet sphere sculpture with a symmetry order of 12. That is, that there should be 12 number of different but equivalent views of the sculpture. Don’t be alarmed, this is actually a very easy geometric requirement. If you’ve ever made anything that resembled a ball, it…
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18: Two Set Spaceship
By popular Demand, the May contest is to make a two set spaceship. When you build something abstract, with no real goal in mind, isn’t it odd that the result can almost always be construed as a spaceship. Probably because spaceships come in such varied shapes, and are also essential to our science fiction fantasies…
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17.5: Headgear Entries – Winners Announced
First Place Winner: Tend2it The winner of the April headgear contest, and of two free glimmering sets of Zen Magnets, is Tend2it. Using the montage method, four different angles of this helm are shown. The gold and black contrast really emphasizes the layering and depth of the build, and the four colorful neoballs are modestly…
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17: Hatch Magnetic Headgear
This time Limit 1728 magnets, with no brand restrictions. Photograph a sculpture of some magnetic headgear. It doesn’t need to be to scale, and doesn’t need to fit on your head, or even on your cats head. Quite a wide range of possibilities for this contest. Non-fictional sports helmets, reproductions of historic war helmets, sci-fi…
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16.5: Subunit Contest Entries – Winners announced!
Contest 16: Winners Announced In a massive contest of 33 entries, the quality of the competition was cut-throat. Many were impressively shot, alluringly composed, delightfully lit, and of course superbly built out of hundreds/thousands of Zen Magnets. Of the four that won, each are sharp and precise photos of interesting symettrical builds, lit without flash.…
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16: Subunit Show
Here’s your chance to show off your favorite subunit. Pick one subunit. Then make something, anything, with only the subunit of your choice, and photograph your sculpture beside a single specimen of the subunit. No limit on the number of magnets used. Zen Magnets Only. The concept of subunits are important to construction of complex…
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15.5: Contest 15 Entries – Winners Announced
Contest 15: Winners Announced 1st Place The Rare Zen Seahorse by YoYoBandalore Back again to lead the way, YoYoBandalore scored first place with his signature combination of build ingenuity, high fidelity photography, and strong contrast. The shot is well composed, cropped exactly as needed, and generous with resolution. Click for full size 2nd Scottish Terrier…
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15: Milkdrop
Start with a messy blob of 216 to 432 Zen Magnets, and without removing any individual magnets, pinch and sculpt anything that you’d like. Something you might want to try, is to pinch a blob into the thinnest possible layer of magnets, and then folding up the sides to form a somewhat random 3d sculpture.…
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14.5: Sphere Race Results
Winners posted. See Video Below. Available in 720p and 1080p.
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14: Mini Sphere Race
Similar to last January, this month is a video contest to see who can make the fastest C60 sphere. Although only 60 magnets are needed, the starting shape will be 72 magnets, in a two layer 3R-Hex form as shown below. You will need a video camera that will record at a resolution of 640…
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13.5: Snowflake Entries – Winners Announced
#13Winners Announced! First Place: Nujabez Quite a mesmerizing fractal-esque snowflake of perfect six fold symmetry. It’s hard to capture with words the impression that such epic snowflake leaves. But such detail and flawless symmetric contrast was constructed slowly with very small subunits, if any at all. The background takes no attention from the snowflake itself.…
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13: Snowflake
Yesterday the fields were only grey with scattered snow, And now the longest grass-leaves hardly emerge; Yet her deep footsteps mark the snow, and go On towards the pines at the hills’ white verge. I cannot see her, since the mist’s white scarf Obscures the dark wood and the dull orange sky; But she’s waiting,…
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11.5: Butterfly entries. Winners announced!
#11 Winners (Finally) Announced! First Place, again: YoYoBandalore The polls have spoken. For the second third contest in a row, YoYoBandalore comes in first, to win two free sets of Zen. The winning combination of great photography and unique magnet poetry does it again. Color neoballs used. The photo itself is well composed, as are…
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12: Wanted: The Gyroid
What do butterflies, ketchup, microcellular structures, and plastics have in common? This time we’re doing a contest like never before. By far the most geometrically ambitious magnet sphere project to date. And the bounty, is Four zen sets to the first person who can make a section of the gyroid. An infinitely connected triply periodic…
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11: Butterfly
Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. The October contest is to build a wide winged insect, focusing more on the wings than the insect part. Use up to a total of 432 magnet spheres, of any brand, to to create a sculpture or…
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10.5: Magnet Tree Entries. Winners announced.
First Place: YoYoBandalore Professionally shot and constructed by one of the Zen gallery veterans, this symmetrical tree consists of zen magnets, and one blue neoball for flare. Incredible contrast and clarity. Click the picture to see the details in the reflections. Incredible. Second Place: Gami7900 A newcomer with a strong sense of bonsai wins one…
