“I mean I didn’t copy nature, I do geometry and with geometry I do something that resembles the nature, they really are not shells in the biological sense, but in geometrical sense, you can call them shells, but they are calculations, they are equations, they are only numbers, and that's in the space, but I called them of course shells.”
“And here we see this shell which I can say that I invented geometrically but a biologist told me that it has a name and it is called MUREX”
As an autodidact in geometry and the use of the Golden Ratio, Rafael's work is the outcome of years of persistence, trial an error upon the theme of tridimensional representation of the world and the “platonic” search of the illusion of the “Truth”, by means of the development of structures which could perfectly be described as illustrated equations of natural subjects: shells, butterflies’ spirals, etc
he does all by hand, on his drawing board with classical architectural drawing tools (a compass, protractor, squares and rules) and do not use any kind of computer software whatsoever
My approach to the Golden Ratio and its use within my Work has a geometrical character rather than a mathematical one. The golden Mean as well as the Fibonacci Spiral (directly related) could be calculated with utter precision by the use the classical tools of technical drawing. So there he place the challenge for those who dare to try their geometrical skills into this area. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx