MathCloth #
Just stumbled upon this gallery of fractal afghans and mobius scarves from an exhibit in Georgia this year, individuals working to unite math and the fibrous arts. Seriously, don’t miss the abstracts from the agenda for the symposium. It reads like Stanislaw Lem realized.
Daina Taimina
Experiencing and Learning Hyperbolic Geometry from Crocheted Models.D. Jacob Wildstrom
The Sierpinski Variations: Self-Similar Crochet.Carolyn A. Yackel
Realizing Algebraic Structures Through Knitting.Abstract: This talk will have two components. In the first part, we will discuss several different realizations of of the ring Z/(n) in patterned circular knitting. In the second part, we will discuss future directions for exploration by mathematical fiber artists.
The sewn fractal presented in the photo to your right is The Sierpinski Shawl. Please, also note: Crocheted Menger’s Sponge, The Lorenz Manifold, and (kxxx!) The Fibonacci Bag. Good stuff, now I wonder if this runs on Matz’ sewing machine?
Okay, well, here’s a LiveJournal walkthrough of the selfsame conference, which includes further glass and wood works. Along with further shots of the above.
chris2
And I was thinking of a math text filter!
glasser
Yeah, I was there (and am friends with Jake Wildstrom)—it was pretty freakin’ cool.
netghost
Yeah, I was really hoping for something like red cloth that supported math equations ;)
Though I know some folks who’ll get a kick out of this.
Mike
Cliff Stoll knits Klein bottles.
Toast
Don’t forget vegetables
MenTaLguY
Y’know, MathTeX support in RedCloth would be rather cool…
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