xoxoxoBruce Sunday May 11 03:47 AMMay 11, 2008; Mathematical Quilts
Happy Mother's Day, mothers.
Elaine Krajenke Ellison is a mother. She is also a retired high school math teacher in Indiana, and a quilter. She makes mathematical quilts, many of which are in private collections, but some can be seen publicly at places like the London Science Museum. Here's a small sample....
She also sells note cards with pictures of the quilts and an explanation of their derivation. I bought a set for my retired school teacher Aunt. They're a surprise birthday present, so don't tell anyone.
spudcon Sunday May 11 06:07 AMShe won't get it outta me, Bruce.
DucksNuts Sunday May 11 06:47 AMI keep reading Clifford Torus...as Clitoris....think he got much shit at school?
Sundae Sunday May 11 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by DucksNuts
I keep reading Clifford Torus...as Clitoris....think he got much shit at school?
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No, because they didn't have clitorises back then
But I bet no-one would read his resume...
They're lovely Bruce
I don't understand a word of it, but they're very pretty!
Scriveyn Monday May 12 07:32 AMquilt erat demonstrandum
sweetwater Monday May 12 09:06 AMBeautiful! I wonder if she'll expand her repertoire to include fractals.
Scriveyn Monday May 12 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by sweetwater
Beautiful! I wonder if she'll expand her repertoire to include fractals.
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She did. The Koch curve and the Sierpinski triangle/square that she has done are fractals.
nephtes Monday May 12 03:46 PM
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I keep reading Clifford Torus...as Clitoris....think he got much shit at school?
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I have nothing but respect for filthy minds, but the Clifford Torus is the shape pictured, not the name of anyone involved. Not sure how it got the name, actually...
http://www.msri.org/about/sgp/jim/ge...ions/main.html
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Cloud Monday May 12 05:27 PMpretty cool, tho' pretty much all quilts are inherently mathematical anyway--you have to piece together geometric shapes, after all.
DucksNuts Monday May 12 07:17 PMOh...hahahaha...I just read Clifford Torus and didnt bother with the rest
SteveDallas Monday May 12 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Cloud
pretty much all quilts are inherently mathematical anyway
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shhhhhh!!! don't tell!
Cloud Monday May 12 07:32 PMunless you do applique or crazy quilts, which can be free-form. Pieced quilts, though . . .
Bitman Tuesday May 13 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by sweetwater
I wonder if she'll expand her repertoire to include fractals.
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Not very often, they take an infinite amount of material to make.
skysidhe Saturday May 17 11:25 PMThe clifford Torus is very nice!
I am a math and a seamstress flunkie among other things but I do appreciate the visual.
Imigo Jones Sunday May 18 09:20 AMBelated Happy Mother's Day!
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Originally Posted by skysidhe
The clifford Torus is very nice!
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skysidhe, my mom had one for a long time, but it seemed like she was always taking it back to the dealer for service. A couple years ago she traded it in for a used Escort.
Undertoad Sunday May 18 09:44 AM
skysidhe Sunday May 18 01:12 PMoh no. Now what manhole did I step in.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday May 18 06:31 PMYou didn't, a plane fell on you.
HungLikeJesus Sunday Jun 8 11:25 PMNew Math Tricks: Knitting and Crocheting
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Coral reefs can be crocheted. The atmosphere can be knit. And a stop sign can be folded into a pair of pants.
Welcome to the intersection of math and handicraft. Unexpectedly, handicraft in general, and yarn work in particular, has started to help provide answers to a wide range of mathematical problems. From the way the atmosphere generates weather to the shape of the human brain, knit and crocheted models have provided new insight into the geometry of the natural world.
"Crochet, knitting and other crafts allow people to visualize, recontextualize and develop new problems and answers," said Carolyn Yackel, a mathematician at Mercer University in Georgia.
Another prominent practitioner who uses yarn work, mathematician Hinke Osinga of the University of Bristol, puts it this way: "You can get bogged down in your own standard techniques of doing things, and then someone asks a silly question, and all of a sudden, you see a new way of interpreting things."
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From livescience.com.
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