Squaring the Circle 2

This is the second iteration of this theme ,now with a bronze cube and a larger stainless steel sphere (7 inch diameter).
The genesis of the title is in reference to an ancient exercise given to Sacred Geometry novitiates to make a (drawing of),a square and a circle with the same (SURFACE)area using only a compass,and straightedge.That was of course an exercise in TWO DIMENSIONS. This is an extrapolation of that idea in THREE DIMENSIONS illustrating congruent VOLUMES...
My sculpture here uses only the IDEA of that challenge,but represents it in sculpture . I make no claim that these two shapes (sphere and cube) actually ARE exactly the same in area,only that there is a special relationship between them,a resonance if you will,that becomes apparent the closer they come to congruent volumes.
I am not a numbers guy,by any stretch of the imagination. I AM however a SHAPE guy and all I have been able to learn in the study of Sacred Geometry has come about through the making of the models,starting with the 5 Platonic solids ,then following my curiosity and intuition and exploring the variants...This is how the ancients taught this Art/Science.
I have spoken of this "visceral learning" phenomenon many times. It is as if the knowledge is gained in some direct immediate way unmitigated by the intellect on a cellular level. When you hold this object in your hands there is a sort of sympathetic vibratory response that becomes palpable. I did not know this would happen of course,I was just exploring shapes in the proportions that seemed appropriate for beauty. But this is in essence what the study of Sacred Geometry is all about anyway,to my way of thinking...

Traded October 2013 to the Vice President of Miller Electric Co.Mfg. for a brand new state-of-the-art Multimatic 200 MIG,TIG,STICK combination welder. Patronage in America is not dead,it just reveals itself in alternative forms.

Update June 3rd 2009;
I have since learned that the resonance starts to occur when the proportions of the shapes are around 8:9
That is, when the diameter of the cube is 8 units and the diameter for the sphere is 9 units.