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Description
Topology:
Its a 4dimensional 2d manifold immersed in 3d space projected onto a 2d plane (your monitor). It has no edge, one side, yet is an enclosed surface, but with out any volumn. Trippy

Origin:
this model started off as a visualisation aid when M and I wanted to know happened if you used a Klein bottle as a Gaussian surface, and additionally what happened when you performed the "exploding confetti" experiement with a conducting Klein bottle

Tech:
Modeled original in blender by deforming a tube and manually stitching it together. Then a section of faces around the intersection was removed, and a stitched in so there is a hole in the side. Finally subdivision surfaces was used to make it smooth.

Rendered using blender's internal ray tracer, the reflective index used is that of diamonds. Not the lack of any caustic effects in the shadows.

Trivia:
Blender's re-calculate normal function doesn't handle this model very well Also, the normal plays a HUGE part in the ray-tracing process. If some of your faces start to disappear, check your normals!

Description
Topology:
Its a 4dimensional 2d manifold immersed in 3d space projected onto a 2d plane (your monitor). It has no edge, one side, yet is an enclosed surface, but with out any volumn. Trippy

Origin:
this model started off as a visualisation aid when M and I wanted to know happened if you used a Klein bottle as a Gaussian surface, and additionally what happened when you performed the "exploding confetti" experiement with a conducting Klein bottle

Tech:
Modeled original in blender by deforming a tube and manually stitching it together. Then a section of faces around the intersection was removed, and a stitched in so there is a hole in the side. Finally subdivision surfaces was used to make it smooth.

Rendered using blender's internal ray tracer, the reflective index used is that of diamonds. Not the lack of any caustic effects in the shadows.

Trivia:
Blender's re-calculate normal function doesn't handle this model very well Also, the normal plays a HUGE part in the ray-tracing process. If some of your faces start to disappear, check your normals!