I saw many of these models and some talks by the artists at the big meeting in Atlanta. There was a knit catenoid which was deformable into a helicoid, by far the best illustration of that deformation I've seen. posted by Wolfdog at 11:52 AM on May 30, 2005
This is a double-post, but still excellent. posted by AlexReynolds at 11:55 AM on May 30, 2005
*hugs mjjj* posted by matteo at 12:01 PM on May 30, 2005
Darnit, there goes my business model.
Seriously, one day I was in Michaels Crafts thinking "all these #### flowers-and-kitten samplers. I bet there's a market for geek crafting kits!" posted by ilsa at 12:19 PM on May 30, 2005
Really, Alex? All the links double, one of them? Damn. If so, my apologies to the original poster. Thought I searched every link and key word both here and at blogdex. My Google fu must be failing me.
Heh, next time you're accused of getting your panties in a bunch, you can claim you're actually exploring textile models of the hyperbolic plane. posted by Wolfdog at 12:40 PM on May 30, 2005
I saw many of these models and some talks by the artists at the big meeting in Atlanta. There was a knit catenoid which was deformable into a helicoid, by far the best illustration of that deformation I've seen.
Hey, I was at that talk too! It was a bizarre sort of talk to see at the Atlanta meeting (lots of plopping the manipulative down on the projector and talking about how she made it), but great fun.
Teresa Nielsen Hayden made a really great post about geek knitting on her blog last year.
I don't knit, but some of this stuff is just amazing. posted by thatwhichfalls at 12:54 PM on May 30, 2005
Wow, I need to take a moment to bring a new understanding of physicists into alignment with my lack of understanding of knitters. Amazing stuff to see folk art and high physics collide like this. posted by blindsam at 1:48 PM on May 30, 2005
I should qualify myself - I called the knitting folk art because the knitting in the 'lorenz' link ended up as a christmas decoration, not out of disrespect to the world of fiber arts. posted by blindsam at 1:51 PM on May 30, 2005
Hey, I was at that talk too!
posted by gleuschk at 12:40 PM PST on May 30
A friend gave me a Moebius scarf for Christmas. In the future all garments will be one-sided. posted by hermitosis at 1:55 PM on May 30, 2005
Only allegedly. posted by gleuschk at 1:58 PM on May 30, 2005
madam, you rock my world, as always! posted by clever sheep at 2:28 PM on May 30, 2005
[this is good] I want those Fibonacci socks. posted by LeeJay at 2:28 PM on May 30, 2005
Wonderful! Now I just need a mathematician friend to make some of these for ... Thanks for the inspiring geekitude! posted by Quietgal at 3:41 PM on May 30, 2005
Fantastic! Looking at that Pi shawl for a while really satisfied my love of both perfect symmetry and Stevie Nicks, two itches so rarely scratched at once. Thanks so much, mmj. posted by melissa may at 3:42 PM on May 30, 2005
I wanted to mention that I have a good friend who makes pi bracelets (bottom of page) in which each number is assigned a color and the colors are strung in the order of pi. I think they're pretty neat. posted by grapefruitmoon at 4:05 PM on May 30, 2005
Here's a knitted [this is good] posted by dhruva at 6:36 PM on May 30, 2005
For those who like their concrete abstractions a little more corporeal, there's this, courtesy of boingboing posted by birdsquared at 6:38 PM on May 30, 2005
This variegated hyperbolic plane is most certainly and without doubt the single most important and universally benevolent creation in the comprehensive history of humankind.
This actually makes a lot of sense. As any knitter will tell you, knitting is all about math. It's the only area in which I have ever used pi. posted by orange swan at 12:23 PM on May 31, 2005
posted by Wolfdog at 11:52 AM on May 30, 2005