Interactive Art

The first site reminded me of first year Calculus where we rotated a 2 dimensional curve segment about a fixed axis to create a 3 dimensional curve.  We then had to calculate the volume of said object.  If your not a science/mathematics person you don't care so let's get to the art.  On String Spin, first you draw your curve.

This will be the shape that we will then rotate about a vertical axis.  I decided to make a screencast of the next few steps so you could see the rest as a video.  Take a look at the embedded youtube video below.  I forgot to mention in the video that you could play around with colour.  

If you would like to try this site click here.  There are other ones you can play around with.  You can try snowflakes in 2d and 3d by clicking here.  You can try the Scribbler, which is cool if you write your name by clicking here.