Showing posts with label shooting star. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shooting star. Show all posts

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Security envelope stars

It was a pleasant surprise to find this envelope security pattern of four-pointed diamond-shaped polygons.   
 
four point security envelope star
Are 4 points a star?

 
The repeating pattern itself is very small; repeated it grows massively.
 
Security envelope patterns come in different patterns that .  Usually, they are small and tightly packed, covering the whole interior of the envelope to obfuscate the contents.   
 
 
 

Sunday, March 15, 2026

Starry starry pumpkin

A fourth grade arts class interprets a pumpkin patch on a starry night with a crescent moon overhead:  


starry pumpkin 3
Pumpkin 3

 
starry pumpkin 5
Pumpkin 5


starry pumpkin 6
Pumpkin 6


starry pumpkin 7
Pumpkin 7


starry pumpkin 8
Pumpkin 8
 
 
starry pumpkin 9
Pumpkin 9

 They are all so good!

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To dispel any notion that those pumpkins are distorted dimensionally:

various forms of pumpkins on one sheet
A sheet load of pumpkins


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Thursday, August 5, 2021

Shooting at the stars



Star shooting gallery
Air powered "Combat" model


Shooting at the star
Two targets


This carnival game was originally invented in 1939.  Even with a load of 100 BBs, shooting out the red star is not easy.