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Description
Two helix objects, offset from each other slightly, and rotated in opposite directions, causing them to wrap around each other in a fairly interesting way.

The creation of this scene started with two very simple helix curves, which I turned to editable polygon objects after lofting. Removed two of the 5 sides along the length of each shape, then retopologized the remaining mesh to hexagon style edges. After applying a meshsmooth modifier, I selected every other face along the sides of each loop, and deleted them to create the holes. Next was a shell modifier for thickness, and another meshsmooth modifier, then exported the scene to Luxrender. Rendered with HDRI environment lighting. No postwork.

Description
Two helix objects, offset from each other slightly, and rotated in opposite directions, causing them to wrap around each other in a fairly interesting way.

The creation of this scene started with two very simple helix curves, which I turned to editable polygon objects after lofting. Removed two of the 5 sides along the length of each shape, then retopologized the remaining mesh to hexagon style edges. After applying a meshsmooth modifier, I selected every other face along the sides of each loop, and deleted them to create the holes. Next was a shell modifier for thickness, and another meshsmooth modifier, then exported the scene to Luxrender. Rendered with HDRI environment lighting. No postwork.