Starburst of fine white lines radiating from a centre point inside a black circle, on a white background.

Smaller black circle filled with a white radiating starburst pattern, centred near the top of a white panel. — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

Bazley's Starburst

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A starburst of fine white lines radiates from a single point across a black disc, from Thomas S. Bazley's 1872 Notes on the Epicycloidal Cutting Frame. Bazley cut the pattern on a lathe whose gears sent the cutting point round and round in loops, then printed it as white lines on black. For someone who loves maths, making things, or quiet geometry.

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From the great books of mathematics / Bazley's Starburst / From Thomas S. Bazley, Notes on the Epicycloidal Cutting Frame, London, 1872 / Thomas Bazley cut this on a lathe fitted with Holtzapffel's epicycloidal cutting frame, a set of gears that sends the cutting point round and round in loops. He printed his designs as white lines on black in 1872. / Patterns with Meaning · Just Because

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