Experiments

Step-by-step guides to recreating the visible geometry of sound. Sorted by difficulty — start with the basics.

Watch sand trace the invisible architecture of standing waves on a vibrating metal plate.

A non-Newtonian fluid defies gravity, rising into finger-like tendrils driven by bass frequencies.

Rice grains bounce and self-organize into shifting clusters, mapping the invisible pressure landscape of a speaker cone.

Fine salt crystallizes into intricate mandala patterns, each one a unique fingerprint of the frequency that created it.

Pure tones transform a still water surface into precise geometric mandalas.

A singing wine glass reveals standing wave modes as water dances at its resonant frequency.

Magnetic fluid erupts into alien topographies as sound waves sculpt its surface.

A laser bouncing off a vibrating membrane traces ghostly Lissajous figures in real time.

A row of flames dances to reveal the pressure anatomy of sound waves.

Certain desert sands emit a sustained, haunting tone when disturbed -- nature's own cymatics.