TUTS
John RICHINGS CAVEAT
(valid for ALL tutorials -except my own- in this web
site) : all
tutorials are provided
" as their author wants them to be", I did
not edit any of them, I did not proof any of
them in the cordage,
and they reflect their author personal realisation and stance in
explaining things.
IMPORTANT
NOTE : All the content of this web site is copyrighted material that
you
may use freely for non-commercial usage provided you make a
CLEAR attribution BUT
you MAY
NOT
post on forums any
invented grid/diagram,
code,as it is the
CORDAGE
ROUTE AND THE CODING that is copyrighted.
Even if you draw by
your own means the diagram this will be infringing the copyright
as you would be using
the cordage route and the code to be represented.
You MAY
use an invented
grid/diagram freely for a
PRIVATE, PERSONAL AND
NON-PUBLIC IN ANY WAY usage, you
MAY post where
you like the
knotting you made from it but not its diagram.
To post an invented
grid/diagram you will need to
politely ask for a written permission to do so also give clear
attribution of the sources
REVISED TUTORIAL ( see entry juste under
:
2013 July 18th )
[open quote] Charles,
attached is a revised set of tutorials, plus a couple of new ones.
The
modifications now show, where multiple colours can be used, the
‘spaces’ where different colours would be located. I’ve also repaired a
couple of errors I made........................
I hope this doesn’t
cause you too much hassle ! For your convenience I’ve attached both
versions of Word
John
[end quote]
In several entries of frinds-page you have seen the mastery John have
attained, now he is offering tutorials to help those interested
[open quote]
Charles, a 45 strand ABOK 3063 (in 4 colours 1.3mm cord), a 10 strand
ABOK 3045 in 2 colours 2mm cord, a 17strand ABOK 3054 (in 2 colours
1.3mm cord).
This is a new kop of cord that won’t dye so well as earlier cord. It
is, I think, put through a coating process during manufacture. The
earlier Jacquard Acid simply washes out and the new Jacquard dye
doesn’t yield such intense colours.
John
[end quote]
[open quote]Charles,
I
found a heart shaped polystyrene item in a hobbies shop.
Used an assymetric grid. The black cord is 1.3mm dia, the heart shape
is 50mm x
50mm and 20mm thick.
Bit fiddley !
John
[end quote] picture
1picture
2tutorial pdf
Added 2011 Dec 18th
A
CONICAL COVERING 544
Facets
[open quote]
Charles,
Very best wishes for Christmas and the New Year.
The cone is 544facet, not perfect......note the gap at the cone apex.
But the base is covered as well (the dark patch is too much glue on the
cut ends............27metres of cord).
John
[end
quote]
A
LARGE SPHERICAL COVERING = 2080 Facets
I got a mail from John a few minutes ago:
[open quote]
Just completed the 2080 facet SCK. It's made on a 120mm diameter ball
using 1.3mm cord.
Cord usage is 24metres of each colour. I'm quite chuffed with it !
John
[end quote]
MATS
Two mats from John EGGCENTRIC
( John's tittle) A
warning given by John about OVOID cover and code O1-U1
/ O2-U2 - O3-U3
[open quote]
Good evening Charles,
I thought I'd make a series of eggs : 1o 1u, 2o 2u and 3o 3u.
The last two mentioned have, and are proving a real bind :
On say a 3o 3u egg at the transition from odd to even half period. If 2
of the 'overs' occur on the odd HP then the 3rd over will occur on the
even HP. This looks OK on the grid but trying to tie a smooth knot is
impossible. If it's 'unders' then the cord is likely to be
buried because before and after the pin the last "action" is 'under'.
Definitely not a criticism, but an observation that others may want to
note.
This particular knot is 630 facet, 3 bights in nests of 10; but I'm
sure this snag would feature in any multi O/U knot.
The blue knot is a 2o 2u knot but again 630 facet on a 6cm egg.
Stay busy................................cheers................
John
[end quote]
[open quote]
Charles, well I did finish the job. All knots on 6cm eggs, all 630
facets
1. Yellow egg is 1o 1u
2. Blue egg is 2o 2u
3. Red egg is 3o 3u
You can see from the photo the comment I made about the 3o 3u
knot.........so anyone fancy an omelette ?
Cheers...............John
[end quote]
Added
2011 Sept 23rd
ANOTHER
FABERGÉ
egg - luxuous this one !
Another tutorial
by exemple given !
Here are some tips from John : [open quote]
Charles, a Fabergesque confection ?
Made on a 62mm x 41mm egg
Covering in pink ; 456 facets
Banded by Pineapple knot : Type 1, 3Pass 17P 54B (made from a 7L 18B
THK)
Topped by a 108 facet knot made on a 10mmbead in 0.8mm nylon cord
The base is a simple 5 lobe knot stiffenened and shaped to cradle the
egg.
Enjoy, but don't eat all at
once.................
John
[end quote]
Added
2011 June 25th
144
FACEs on a 15mm core John just sen this
one with those words :
[open quote]144
facet using
1.4mm cord single ply, on a 15mm diameter
bead............very fiddley !
Have a nice
weekend........................
John
[end quote]
1008
FACEs John made a
derivation of his 1000 FACEs but this one as polar apertures that are
4-SIDEs instead of 5-SIDEs as in the original 1000 FACEs. Tutorial
and exploration was made with ARIANE, the " quite brilliant" accoreding
to John software by Claude HOCHET. ARIANE is for Nested-Bight
Cylindrical Knots
(Pineapples of all ilk are Nested-Bight Cylindrical
Knots )
Added
2011 June 13rd
1000
FACEs TABLE of
CODING
1976 FACEs TABLE of CODING
John
made those using Claude HOCHET's ARIANE program. 1000
FACE 1976
FACE
Added
2011 May 20th (see also the two entries immediately below)
THE
1000 FACEs TABLE of
CODING
John
made ALL of his grids and tables of coding without any help from any
program, using "
brain, hands, paper and pencil" so there is no 100%
guarantee that no
typo mistake could have happened despite careful proofing, hence his
intellectually honest
decision to take off the hand made 1000F tables and just keep the 1000
FACEs grids on line.
I am putting here the tables of coding generated by the
ARIANE program so if a mistake is made it is not John's.
Anyway John proofed "in the cordage" his
invented 1000 Faces.
See the 2011 Feb 26th
entry and the 2011 Jan
4th one about the grid.
JP Honeywell observed
a couple of typos in the 1,000 facet recipe. This
observation led Claude to notice a difference
in the grids as between January and February
John
redrew in a neater way his grid but the offset was changed and as the
table of
coding was
not altered......
Look at
this
large
illustration to see the influence of the OFFSET.
As my late Mother use to say with one of her Burgundy proverbs : "there
is no bad that good cannot come of it" : here the 'bad' was the
discrepancy and the 'good' is the 'live lesson' on OFFSET importance.
If you want the tables of codes made with ARIANE just send a mail.
Added
2011 Feb 26th ( slightly modified 2011 MAY 19th :
suppression of the table of codes and a remark about the grids )
JOHN
is giving the code of each HP for his 1000 FACEs spherical
covering
announced in the entry made2011 January 4th
The
grid by JOHN
(********this
grid does not have the same OFFSET between UPPER KNOT EDGE BIGHT-NEST
and LOWER KNOT EDGE BIGHT-NEST. This DOES
NOT change the END-RESULT but CHANGE THE CODING OF
HP.
for the fun of showing what Claude HOCHET's new program can do here is
the grid that was obtained with in in
less that 15 seconds!
Added
2011 Feb 23th JOHN
made a grid for the making of a 108 FACEs in the shape of a rugby ball
to celebrate 6 Nations Rugby
[open quote] The attached is the
closest I could get to a rugby ball. It's only 108 facets
and is 3,4,7,1 i.e 3bights, nests of 4, equatorial parts 7 and offset 1. Made on
a 80mm x 60mm ellipsoid ? using some horrible stiff shiny 2mm
nylon that I bought some time ago. [end quote]
caveat : John made ALL of his grids
and tables of coding without any help from any program, using " brain,
hands, paper and pencil" so there is no 100%
guarantee that no typo mistake could have happened despite careful proofing.
Added
2011 January 14th JOHN
, again, is sharing.
this time a record breaking spherical covering : 1976 FACEs made on a
grid of his own invention with paper and pencil, inspired by Nono's
creations. The
grid Table of half-periods code Laid
on a cylinder Off
the cylinder On
the ball Finished caveat : John made ALL of his grids
and tables of coding without any help from any program, using " brain,
hands, paper and pencil" so there is no 100%
guarantee that no typo mistake could have happened despite careful proofing.
2011 May 20th : Tables of coding generated with ARIANE
-
1976F-No crossing figured
- 1976F-
WITH crossings figured
Added
2011 January 4th JOHN
IS MAKING HIS INVENTED GRIDS PUBLIC
Here is the 800F that is in
fact a 1000F countgrid
see code and new grid addition made on 2011 Feb 26th caveat : John made ALL of his grids
and tables of coding without any help from any program, using " brain,
hands, paper and pencil" so there is no 100%
guarantee that no typo mistake could have happened despite careful
proofing.
Added
2011 January 2nd
John, 73 is the
second first world wide recognized maker of a 800
1000 FACEs.
John did not get this grid invented by NONO but he drew it from his
analysis of Don WRIGHT's photos.
John is offering his "cheat sheet" with the Half-Periods
codes. cheat sheet
suppressed on May 19th . Read Feb 26th and May 19th entries
to understand
