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Maxsash Studio

Observations & constructions

Sea, ship, mathematics

Navigator's
Notebook

The first
specimens

On the beauty
of how things work.

Field note 003 / WebGL & performance

The flag that only half works

How to make a WebGL page give up gracefully when there is no GPU, and what I found when I tried to test it.

Read the note Note · 8 min read
h(x,z,t)WITH A GPUWITHOUT ONEA SEA THAT GIVES UP GRACEFULLYfailIfMajorPerformanceCaveat

Plate III — The flag that only half worksEdition 37bf12a6

Plate II — The sum of a sea02 / 03
h(x,z,t)t = 0 sA SURFACE MADE OF RELATIONSHIPSSIX SUPERPOSED WAVES

Six waves. One surface.Edition 70806d5e · t = 0

Field note 002 / Waves & motion

The sea is
a sum of
small things.

A crest, a trough, a little disagreement. Follow the simple parts that make a surface feel wonderfully complicated.

Read the wave study Essay · 4 min read

Field note 001 / Geometry & craft

A symbol.
A vessel.
One line of thought.

Where an integral becomes a mast, and the space between three shapes does the quiet work.

Read the construction Essay · 4 min read
The original studio mark: an integral mast, a sail, and a hullI / spineII / sailIII / hullOriginal master outlines

Plate I — An integral under sailThree filled outlines