Sunday, August 28, 2011

Fiber arts and Mathematics

"Have you ever wanted to explore the symmetries of the cube and octahedron through an old Japanese art form? Or to investigate fractals using tatting and string art? Or to study the helix by knitting bed socks?" Plus magazine has a review of a book called Crafting by Concepts.

When I saw that, it reminded me of this TED talk from 2009 involving coral, crochet, and hyperbolic geometry.

And writing this post reminded me of the old favorites, Klein Bottle Hat (and Mobius Scarf!)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Henry VIII


A jolly comic!