
The geometrical star structures in this Tree of Life model can be drawn by using only a straightedge and compass. The study of how to divide a line into thirds and a circle into sevenths using only a straight edge and compass was what first got me interested in the Tree of Life design. I knew that it was supposedly impossible to achieve a perfect third or seventh this way, but I wanted to see what I could discover in the process since this was a practice that Pythagoras made his students go through to understand geometry and numbers better. In the process I became aware that perfection was not necessary to achieve a practical solution that also revealed many other geometrical forms and divisions.
