Geometric Crochet Sunrise

Our moms have created a new piece of geometric crochet sculpture art! This time, they have made it in the colors of the sunrise!


This piece of geometric crochet is made from acrylic yarn, and crocheted using the pattern for a hyperbolic plane (and an H hook). Each row has more stitches than the last, by N=4, such that every 4th single crochet has 2 stitches in the same stitch.
The number of yellow (315) > orange (274) > red (235) stitches. This pattern is based on the work of Daina Taimina of Cornell University and this article in Science News.



You may need your sunglasses when you see this item in the Etsy shop!

Feature-Mini 5: BackwoodsCreations

We now "Feature-Mini"

BackwoodsCreations

At BackwoodsCreations, ordinary, commonplace items expose their hidden meaning and myth in beautiful fabric creatures and scupltures. With strong inspiriation from her mother, and many years of love of crafting, these recognizable pieces come to live with amazing feeling and animation. The movement in this Running Horse figure is remarkable!

Her advice: be true to yourself, and let your vision shine through. It clearly has in these wonderful pieces! You can learn more about BackwoodsCreations on her blog!

We are so happy that cats are well-represented in her work!

Newest Geometric Crochet!

Here is Mom's newest Geometric Crochet sculpture! This one was made using a much tighter configuration (rho=2), such that you add a stitch every other stitch. That makes for a very quickly increasing hyperbolic plane. You can compare this one to "Floral Reef" in a previous post.Mom says: "This piece I'm calling "Brain Coral" because the ripples remind me both of coral and of brains. This one is tight enough that you can wear it on your wrist as an interesting cuff or bracelet. Our cats can wear it as a fashionable lion-style collar. :) You can even make it look like a weird monster face!"

This piece is currently for sale in Mom's Etsy shop. Go check it out! :) http://lazycat.etsy.com.