May 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.... http://cellar.org/2008/math1.jpg http://cellar.org/2008/math2.jpg http://cellar.org/2008/math3.jpg 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.:headshake |
She won't get it outta me, Bruce.
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I keep reading Clifford Torus...as Clitoris....think he got much shit at school?
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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! |
quilt erat demonstrandum
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Beautiful! I wonder if she'll expand her repertoire to include fractals.
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http://www.msri.org/about/sgp/jim/ge...ions/main.html </pedantry> |
pretty cool, tho' pretty much all quilts are inherently mathematical anyway--you have to piece together geometric shapes, after all.
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Oh...hahahaha...I just read Clifford Torus and didnt bother with the rest :blush:
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unless you do applique or crazy quilts, which can be free-form. Pieced quilts, though . . .
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The clifford Torus is very nice!
I am a math and a seamstress flunkie among other things but I do appreciate the visual. |
Belated Happy Mother's Day!
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