In “Dissing the Diamond” I looked at some of the fractals I found by selecting lines from a dissected diamond. Here’s another of those fractals:

Fractal from dissected diamond

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It’s a distorted and incomplete version of the hourglass fractal:

Hourglass fractal

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Here’s how to create the distorted form of the hourglass fractal:

Distorted hourglass from dissected diamond (stage 1)

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Distorted hourglass #2

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Distorted hourglass #3

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Distorted hourglass #4

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Distorted hourglass #5

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Distorted hourglass #6

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Distorted hourglass #7

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Distorted hourglass #8

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Distorted hourglass #9

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Distorted hourglass #10

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Distorted hourglass (animated)

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When I de-distorted and doubled the dissected-diamond method, I got this:

Hourglass fractal #1

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Hourglass fractal #2

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Hourglass fractal #3

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Hourglass fractal #4

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Hourglass fractal #5

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Hourglass fractal #6

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Hourglass fractal #7

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Hourglass fractal #8

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Hourglass fractal #9

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Hourglass fractal #10

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Hourglass fractal (animated)

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Elsewhere other-engageable:

 

• Hour Power
• Hour Re-Powered
• Hour Re-Re-Powered
• Hour Re-Re-Re-Powered