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 ===== Mathematickal Arts===== ===== Mathematickal Arts=====
  
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 -The Book of Knots, Clifford W Ashley  -The Book of Knots, Clifford W Ashley 
  
 +Mathematickal arts workshop is organised by FoAM, as a part of Resilients (http://resilients.net) and Splinterfields (http://fo.am/splinterfields). The hypothesis of the workshop is that cultural resilience can be increased by (1) supporting a community of generalists able to connect disparate concepts and disciplines together, as well as (2) connecting traditional disciplines (such as mathematics and textile crafts) with contemporary and emerging technologies (such as computer programming or bioinformatics). 
  
-Mathematickal arts workshop is organised by FoAM, as a part of Resilients (http://resilients.net) and Splinterfields (http://fo.am/splinterfields). The hypothesis of the workshop is that cultural resilience can be increased by (1) supporting a community of generalists able to connect disparate concepts and disciplines together, as well as (2) connecting traditional disciplines (such as mathematics and textile crafts) with contemporary and emerging technologies (such as computer programming or bioinformatics). +{{http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6005/5984202313_7e9d91185f.jpg}}
  
 The workshop is designed and lead by Carole Collet, coming from textile education and sustainable design, together with Tim Boykett, a mathematician, artist and nautical enthusiast. The participants include a dozen people from a range of backgrounds: from textiles to free culture, graphic design to civil engineering, permaculture to lightweight structures, open source programming to cooking, with an even wider range of interests - origami to dough, fluffy dogs to algorithms.  The workshop is designed and lead by Carole Collet, coming from textile education and sustainable design, together with Tim Boykett, a mathematician, artist and nautical enthusiast. The participants include a dozen people from a range of backgrounds: from textiles to free culture, graphic design to civil engineering, permaculture to lightweight structures, open source programming to cooking, with an even wider range of interests - origami to dough, fluffy dogs to algorithms. 
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   * Wendy van Wynsberghe   * Wendy van Wynsberghe
   * Fabian Feraux   * Fabian Feraux
-  * Stéphanie Vilayphiou+  * Stephanie Vilayphiou
   * Miska Knapek   * Miska Knapek
   * Dave Griffiths   * Dave Griffiths
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   * Lina Kusaite   * Lina Kusaite
   * Maja Kuzmanovic   * Maja Kuzmanovic
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 +  * Annabel Meuleman
  
  
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-After the introductions to the workshop and its wider context of cultural resilience, the participants were invited to warm up by playing a human knot game - randomly joining all hands and trying to unknot to a loop or a twist without letting go (http://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-Human-Knot-Game). The theoretical session began with an overview of possible connections between mathematics and textile crafts. They talked about patterns and symmetries, knots and hyperbolic geometries, Jacquard looms, Indonesian double ikat and cellular automata. The presentation showed a broad range of possibilities that the workshop could unfold into, but its final direction depends on the participants and their interests. For example:+After the introductions to the workshop and its wider context of cultural resilience, the participants were invited to warm up by playing a human knot game - randomly joining all hands and trying to unknot to a loop or a twist without letting go (http://www.wikihow.com/Play-the-Human-Knot-Game). The theoretical session began with an overview of possible connections between mathematics and textile crafts. They talked about patterns and symmetries, knots and hyperbolic geometries, Jacquard looms, Indonesian double ikat and cellular automata.  
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 +Slides from the presentation: {{mathematickal_arts_2011.pdf}} 
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 +The presentation showed a broad range of possibilities that the workshop could unfold into, but its final direction depends on the participants and their interests. For example:
   * group theory and different types of symmetries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry)   * group theory and different types of symmetries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry)
   * tesselation, tiling and pleating (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesselation)   * tesselation, tiling and pleating (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesselation)
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 The first practical exercise took one of the seemingly simple mathematical phenomena - the Moebius strip, and attempted to intuitively predict what will happen when one begins cutting it. What will be the lengths, twists, knots? How would you explain what happen to someone who'd like to try it themselves? The first practical exercise took one of the seemingly simple mathematical phenomena - the Moebius strip, and attempted to intuitively predict what will happen when one begins cutting it. What will be the lengths, twists, knots? How would you explain what happen to someone who'd like to try it themselves?
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 After proceeding to cut, count and get entangled in strips of paper, the group came together to look at each other's notational experiments and  diverse attempts to make sense of what was happening to the Moebius strip through a simple process of cutting - in words, diagrams and algoritms. One of the ways to make sense is to use mathematical reasoning - from a conjecture, through evidence and observation to a proof. For example: After proceeding to cut, count and get entangled in strips of paper, the group came together to look at each other's notational experiments and  diverse attempts to make sense of what was happening to the Moebius strip through a simple process of cutting - in words, diagrams and algoritms. One of the ways to make sense is to use mathematical reasoning - from a conjecture, through evidence and observation to a proof. For example:
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   * We started with hands-on experiments, then moved on comparing and abstracting.    * We started with hands-on experiments, then moved on comparing and abstracting. 
  
-"Cutting a Möbius strip along the center line yields one long strip with two full twists in it, rather than two separate strips; the result is not a Möbius strip. This happens because the original strip only has one edge which is twice as long as the original strip. Cutting creates a second independent edge, half of which was on each side of the scissors. Cutting this new, longer, strip down the middle creates two strips wound around each other, each with two full twists."+{{http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6017/5984205895_89eff2a94f.jpg}} 
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 +"Cutting a Môbius strip along the center line yields one long strip with two full twists in it, rather than two separate strips; the result is not a Möbius strip. This happens because the original strip only has one edge which is twice as long as the original strip. Cutting creates a second independent edge, half of which was on each side of the scissors. Cutting this new, longer, strip down the middle creates two strips wound around each other, each with two full twists."
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6bius_strip
  
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 Example of non-euclidean geometry challenging Euclid's parallel postulate: Example of non-euclidean geometry challenging Euclid's parallel postulate:
  
-Euclid's geometry - flat surfaces, parallel lines never meet +  * Euclid's geometry - flat surfaces, parallel lines never meet 
-Circular geometry - there is always one point where two lines will meet +  * Circular geometry - there is always one point where two lines will meet 
-Hyperbolic geometry - there are at least two parallel lines diverging+  * Hyperbolic geometry - there are at least two parallel lines diverging
 (More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_geometry) (More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic_geometry)
  
 After a short demonstration of FoAM's stitched hyperbolic surfaces (http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157626527782401/), the participants had a quick crocheting tutorial and made their first attempts at crocheting hyperbolic surfaces (http://www.math.cornell.edu/~dwh/papers/crochet/crochet.html) in wool and rope.  After a short demonstration of FoAM's stitched hyperbolic surfaces (http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157626527782401/), the participants had a quick crocheting tutorial and made their first attempts at crocheting hyperbolic surfaces (http://www.math.cornell.edu/~dwh/papers/crochet/crochet.html) in wool and rope. 
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 In addition to stitching and knotting, folding flat square pieces of paper (i.e. origami) was a third technique used at the workshop to explore hyperbolic geometry. The participants began with single hyperbolic paraboloids (http://erikdemaine.org/hypar/), and branched out into origami tesselations, such as the "water bomb" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXIVHjws15U) In addition to stitching and knotting, folding flat square pieces of paper (i.e. origami) was a third technique used at the workshop to explore hyperbolic geometry. The participants began with single hyperbolic paraboloids (http://erikdemaine.org/hypar/), and branched out into origami tesselations, such as the "water bomb" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXIVHjws15U)
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   * anarchiste origami > http://www.le-crimp.org/spip.php?page=documents&id_article=11   * anarchiste origami > http://www.le-crimp.org/spip.php?page=documents&id_article=11
   * http://www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/software/index.html   * http://www.tsg.ne.jp/TT/software/index.html
-  * http://ordigami.net (artist Étienne Cliquet)+  * http://ordigami.net (artist Etienne Cliquet)
  
 References to practical exercises:  References to practical exercises: 
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 ==== Day 2: 20110724 ==== ==== Day 2: 20110724 ====
  
-Pieter - one of the participants at the workshop - recently graduated by developing software to parametrically design foldable architecture. He demonstrated two models of origami-like architectural structures, that he used to test his software. The structures begin as a flat plane, with a textile sandwiched between two layers of wooden panels, combined in such a way that when lifted up in a third dimension, the shape will form folds through mountains and valleys held together by waterproof textile 'hinges'.  The result is an organic, seemingly fragile, but robust and adaptive form -  inspiring for people interested in making resilient nomadic shelters…+Pieter - one of the participants at the workshop - recently graduated by developing software to parametrically design foldable architecture. He demonstrated two models of origami-like architectural structures, that he used to test his software. The structures begin as a flat plane, with a textile sandwiched between two layers of wooden panels, combined in such a way that when lifted up in a third dimension, the shape will form folds through mountains and valleys held together by waterproof textile 'hinges'.  The result is an organic, seemingly fragile, but robust and adaptive form -  inspiring for people interested in making resilient nomadic shelters 
  
 "An organism is so complex a thing, and growth so complex a phenomenon, that for growth to be so uniform and constant in all the parts as to keep the whole shape unchanged would indeed be an unlikely and an unusual circumstance. Rates vary, proportions change, and the whole configuration alters accordingly." - D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson "An organism is so complex a thing, and growth so complex a phenomenon, that for growth to be so uniform and constant in all the parts as to keep the whole shape unchanged would indeed be an unlikely and an unusual circumstance. Rates vary, proportions change, and the whole configuration alters accordingly." - D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
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   * each individual could be given a set of instructions, e.g. action 1: lower left raise right rope, action 2 - lift both ropes, action 3 - lower both ropes. Follow the sequence 1322331212123   * each individual could be given a set of instructions, e.g. action 1: lower left raise right rope, action 2 - lift both ropes, action 3 - lower both ropes. Follow the sequence 1322331212123
   * the instructions could be relative to their immediate neighbours (e.g mirror your neighbour)   * the instructions could be relative to their immediate neighbours (e.g mirror your neighbour)
-  * the instructions could be relative to the previous action (stay/change…)+  * the instructions could be relative to the previous action (stay/change )
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 === Groups and repeats === === Groups and repeats ===
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 === Knotted dough === === Knotted dough ===
 Bugnes, sweet French dough fritters are a wonderful way to explore knots, strips, planes, weaves and other forms in action. Stretching the dough and creating the form, then dipping it in boiling oil shows what happens when the form is subjected to a continuous transformation - a raw tea-cup becomes a fried doughnut, for example. The results were deliciously sweet and greasy afternoon snacks, happily eaten during the afternoon break. Bugnes, sweet French dough fritters are a wonderful way to explore knots, strips, planes, weaves and other forms in action. Stretching the dough and creating the form, then dipping it in boiling oil shows what happens when the form is subjected to a continuous transformation - a raw tea-cup becomes a fried doughnut, for example. The results were deliciously sweet and greasy afternoon snacks, happily eaten during the afternoon break.
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 Traditional Bugnes recipe: http://www.recette-dessert.com/bugnes-r307.htm Traditional Bugnes recipe: http://www.recette-dessert.com/bugnes-r307.htm
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 Fabian explored elegant Japanese bondage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_bondage) systems to suspend objects in mid air, using no knots but twists of hemp rope. Fabian explored elegant Japanese bondage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_bondage) systems to suspend objects in mid air, using no knots but twists of hemp rope.
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 Origami in textile: http://www.shadowfolds.com/ Origami in textile: http://www.shadowfolds.com/
  
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 ==== Day 3: 20110725 ==== ==== Day 3: 20110725 ====
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 The third day of the workshop began with a recap of things learned and tried out the previous day. A parade of repeats, textile origami, knotted suspended cubes and other mathematical textiles was observed with interest.  The third day of the workshop began with a recap of things learned and tried out the previous day. A parade of repeats, textile origami, knotted suspended cubes and other mathematical textiles was observed with interest. 
  
-To bring a bit of 'magic' to the session, the workshop leaders devised a 'fridge/espresso poetry' game, where the participants picked four words out of four cups and constructed a sentence to guide their day's experiments. The verses included "Binding adaptive symmetry pocket", "Symbiotic stitch algebra soft failure", "Entangle stretching threads abstraction" and [[more|espresso_poetry]]+To bring a bit of 'magic' to the session, the workshop leaders devised a 'fridge/espresso poetry' game, where the participants picked four words out of four cups and constructed a sentence to guide their day's experiments. The verses included "Binding adaptive symmetry pocket", "Symbiotic stitch algebra soft failure", "Entangle stretching threads abstraction" and [[espresso_poetry|more]]. 
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 The last hours of Mathematickal Arts were reserved to deeper explore ideas discovered in the first two days, especially ideas that the participants find most applicable in their practice. The participants proceeded to develop their experiments in smaller groups: textile origami, knotted suspensions, netting tour-de-france, ascii weaving, parametric software explorations, to name a few.  The last hours of Mathematickal Arts were reserved to deeper explore ideas discovered in the first two days, especially ideas that the participants find most applicable in their practice. The participants proceeded to develop their experiments in smaller groups: textile origami, knotted suspensions, netting tour-de-france, ascii weaving, parametric software explorations, to name a few. 
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 One of the examples was the experiment with suspending a cube made out of rope. T participants began making the sculpture by intuitively cutting and assembling pieces of rope, which used a lot of material and many knots. After using mathematics to understand the more optimal way of building the cube, much less rope was used and a different knot, that allowed for easy adjustments. This combination of techniques made the suspended cube more adaptive and in a way more resilient. Another example was that applying mathematics to textiles makes the craft of mathematics understandable and applicable to non-experts and therefore more embedded in common understanding.  One of the examples was the experiment with suspending a cube made out of rope. T participants began making the sculpture by intuitively cutting and assembling pieces of rope, which used a lot of material and many knots. After using mathematics to understand the more optimal way of building the cube, much less rope was used and a different knot, that allowed for easy adjustments. This combination of techniques made the suspended cube more adaptive and in a way more resilient. Another example was that applying mathematics to textiles makes the craft of mathematics understandable and applicable to non-experts and therefore more embedded in common understanding. 
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 +As a possible future reunion, Carole suggested a visit to Calais to look at the complexity of lace looms (http://bit.ly/1gOTai). 
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 +Finally, Tim's last experiment was to create a Moebius Turks head, and the group felt that something's shifted in the universe when the knot was completed: http://narval.republika.pl/mobius.html
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 === Workshop Outcomes === === Workshop Outcomes ===
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 Martaque designed a net based on historical tour de France scores. She mapped out the progress of individual riders and relationship with other riders, using them as netting points. Every point in the net was determined by the position of two riders in the netting. In this way it was possible to tangibly visualise the speed of different riders at various points in the race. Martaque will use the learnings from this experiment to develop a netted artwork using the results of 2011 Tour de France. Martaque designed a net based on historical tour de France scores. She mapped out the progress of individual riders and relationship with other riders, using them as netting points. Every point in the net was determined by the position of two riders in the netting. In this way it was possible to tangibly visualise the speed of different riders at various points in the race. Martaque will use the learnings from this experiment to develop a netted artwork using the results of 2011 Tour de France.
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 == Suspensions == == Suspensions ==
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 Fabian Feraux used the suspended cube as a geometrical shape to enhance the suspensions of humans in space. The cube functions as an etherial aquarium, that changes shape as it is tensed by the elevation of the human body into it.  He explored how much weight one can put on what angle of the cube, looking at tension on attachment points. He experimented with Japanese bondage, where knots are only made at the beginning of a new rope. After that, he uses only twists to restrict and suspend a body or an object. In Japanese bondage, a strictly codified system, knots are considered offensive and ugly, in addition to the practical consideration that they take too long to untie if something goes wrong.  During the workshop he learned about calculating tension points using mathematics, which helps to decide the parameters of the work. For suspending humans, it remains crucial to experientially get know the body shape and its endurance limits. Fabian will continue his collaboration with Nik Gaffney to refine the equations for making a larger cube with a person suspended from all four points. He is interested in exploring suspending other, more curved platonic solids. However he is aware of the complexity of an adjustable form - if you move one knot, everything moves. The precision becomes in this case even more crucial. Fabian Feraux used the suspended cube as a geometrical shape to enhance the suspensions of humans in space. The cube functions as an etherial aquarium, that changes shape as it is tensed by the elevation of the human body into it.  He explored how much weight one can put on what angle of the cube, looking at tension on attachment points. He experimented with Japanese bondage, where knots are only made at the beginning of a new rope. After that, he uses only twists to restrict and suspend a body or an object. In Japanese bondage, a strictly codified system, knots are considered offensive and ugly, in addition to the practical consideration that they take too long to untie if something goes wrong.  During the workshop he learned about calculating tension points using mathematics, which helps to decide the parameters of the work. For suspending humans, it remains crucial to experientially get know the body shape and its endurance limits. Fabian will continue his collaboration with Nik Gaffney to refine the equations for making a larger cube with a person suspended from all four points. He is interested in exploring suspending other, more curved platonic solids. However he is aware of the complexity of an adjustable form - if you move one knot, everything moves. The precision becomes in this case even more crucial.
  
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 == Simulation of elastic rope structures == == Simulation of elastic rope structures ==
  
 Miska Knapek made a simulation of flexible structures, using physics of elastic bands. He creates attachment points and uses them as anchors, the program calculates the ideal distance for the elastics and keeps the structures in dynamic balance. Miska was inspired by varying elasticity of rope (hemp to nylon) and used parametric design to simulate the poetry of physical structures inherent in their emergent dynamics. The result was a small prototype of algoritmic graphics generated from varying relationships in a system, examining the properties of physically inspired pseudo/digital physics. Miska Knapek made a simulation of flexible structures, using physics of elastic bands. He creates attachment points and uses them as anchors, the program calculates the ideal distance for the elastics and keeps the structures in dynamic balance. Miska was inspired by varying elasticity of rope (hemp to nylon) and used parametric design to simulate the poetry of physical structures inherent in their emergent dynamics. The result was a small prototype of algoritmic graphics generated from varying relationships in a system, examining the properties of physically inspired pseudo/digital physics.
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 == Textile origami == == Textile origami ==
  
-Cocky, Pieter, Wendy, Stephanie explored different origami patterns in textiles. One of the approaches was to sandwich polyester organza in-between a paper mould using paperclips. The textile and the mould were placed for 1 hr in the high pressure steamer. When the paper is taken away, the folds stay - polyester keeps the memory of the shape. A mix of polyester and metal proved not to be as successful. The pleats created in this way are permanent until the textile is heated to the same temperature.  How strong the folds are depends on time, temperature and type of material. The group looked at changing scales for origami textiles - using the same technique to design the textile for the body and textile for architecture. The challenge for the future is to see if larger structures can be made out of one material only (e.g. textile, rather than textile and wood). This has proven more challenging, but also more beautiful. The prototype made at the workshop were several paper modules of hyperbolic paraboloids, which were suspended (adding tension) to combine multiple modules. Once connected, the shape became multifaceted and organically curved. In this experiment, mathematics formed the shaping of the modules, which were individually and collectively responsible for the behaviour & form of the more complex structure.  The group found it helpful to work with physical prototyping. If it had to be made on the computer it might have been too complicated to come to the same outcome, where the inside flows into the outside. The group finished by exploring different variations that can be made  make by connecting only three modules. Working with a mathematician the finite number of possibilities could be calculated.+Cocky, Pieter, Wendy, Stephanie explored different origami patterns in textiles. One of the approaches was to sandwich polyester organza in-between a paper mould using paperclips. The textile and the mould were placed for 1 hr in the high pressure steamer. When the paper is taken away, the folds stay - polyester keeps the memory of the shape. A mix of polyester and metal proved not to be as successful. The pleats created in this way are permanent until the textile is heated to the same temperature.  How strong the folds are depends on time, temperature and type of material.  
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 +The group looked at changing scales for origami textiles - using the same technique to design the textile for the body and textile for architecture. The challenge for the future is to see if larger structures can be made out of one material only (e.g. textile, rather than textile and wood). This has proven more challenging, but also more beautiful. The prototype made at the workshop were several paper modules of hyperbolic paraboloids, which were suspended (adding tension) to combine multiple modules. Once connected, the shape became multifaceted and organically curved. In this experiment, mathematics formed the shaping of the modules, which were individually and collectively responsible for the behaviour & form of the more complex structure.  The group found it helpful to work with physical prototyping. If it had to be made on the computer it might have been too complicated to come to the same outcome, where the inside flows into the outside. The group finished by exploring different variations that can be made  make by connecting only three modules. Working with a mathematician the finite number of possibilities could be calculated. 
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 Wendy, Stephanie and Eugénie explored creating origami patterns by knotting textiles - building a vocabulary of dots, lines, squares, triangles  - connecting mathematical geometry to the physical gestures of sowing and pleating. By combining different elements (symbols), new forms arise, it is like programming pleats. After the pleats are sown, they are ironed. The patterns are inspired by paper origami, but behave quite differently in the  textile medium. By developing their own vocabulary of pleats, the group could begin to see cause and effect (if i do this, this happens), and came to their own conjunctures from which they could begin designing their own patterns, without premade manuals & models. Wendy, Stephanie and Eugénie explored creating origami patterns by knotting textiles - building a vocabulary of dots, lines, squares, triangles  - connecting mathematical geometry to the physical gestures of sowing and pleating. By combining different elements (symbols), new forms arise, it is like programming pleats. After the pleats are sown, they are ironed. The patterns are inspired by paper origami, but behave quite differently in the  textile medium. By developing their own vocabulary of pleats, the group could begin to see cause and effect (if i do this, this happens), and came to their own conjunctures from which they could begin designing their own patterns, without premade manuals & models.
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 Dave Griffiths created little programs to create patterns that he would weave in textiles. The program starts with a rule and makes a sequence: e.g. when you encounter a yellow yarn, replace it with a sequence green, yellow, yellow, green. While Dave was weaving from command line, the computer was predicting what the pattern would look like in ascii code. The challenge was to see if the real weave matched with the ascii weave. The first prototype was made in plain weave, but adding more rules would help make something approaching a jacquard. Dave Griffiths created little programs to create patterns that he would weave in textiles. The program starts with a rule and makes a sequence: e.g. when you encounter a yellow yarn, replace it with a sequence green, yellow, yellow, green. While Dave was weaving from command line, the computer was predicting what the pattern would look like in ascii code. The challenge was to see if the real weave matched with the ascii weave. The first prototype was made in plain weave, but adding more rules would help make something approaching a jacquard.
  
-As a possible future reunion, Carole suggested a visit to Calais to look at the complexity of lace looms (http://bit.ly/1gOTai). +{{http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6134/5984781710_e060f7e10f.jpg}} 
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-Finally, Tim's last experiment was to create a Moebius Turks head, and the group felt that something's shifted in the universe when the knot was completed: http://narval.republika.pl/mobius.html+See more detail here: 
 +  * [[http://www.pawfal.org/dave/blog/2011/07/splinterfields-mathematickal-arts-2/]] 
 +  * [[http://www.pawfal.org/dave/blog/2011/08/splinterfields-mathematickal-arts-3/]]
  
 ==== Conclusion: what happens when you bring maths & textiles together? ==== ==== Conclusion: what happens when you bring maths & textiles together? ====
  
  
-A few reactions from participants: +== A few reactions from participants == 
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   * The combination of textile and mathematics is very relevant - it clarifies some of the more abstract ideas in science and programming   * The combination of textile and mathematics is very relevant - it clarifies some of the more abstract ideas in science and programming
   * Learning how to make the turk's head was a revelation   * Learning how to make the turk's head was a revelation
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   * Working with textiles informed me to make different forms in generative graphics   * Working with textiles informed me to make different forms in generative graphics
  
-AHA moments+ 
 +== AHA moments == 
   * memory shape fabrics   * memory shape fabrics
   * calculation for the cube suspensions - understanding maths does help!   * calculation for the cube suspensions - understanding maths does help!
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   * the workshop made me specialise in being Martaque   * the workshop made me specialise in being Martaque
   * i hear a lot of music here, which is good!   * i hear a lot of music here, which is good!
 +  * Annabel Meuleman's cooking is unbeatable:
  
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   * book: http://www.shadowfolds.com/   * book: http://www.shadowfolds.com/
 +  * book: origami tesselations by Eric Gjerde http://www.happyfolding.com/taxonomy/term/129
   * blogpost on knitting and debian > http://www.capacitor.constantvzw.org/?p=612   * blogpost on knitting and debian > http://www.capacitor.constantvzw.org/?p=612
   * on miat > http://www.capacitor.constantvzw.org/?p=452   * on miat > http://www.capacitor.constantvzw.org/?p=452
   * computational couture > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rhymeandreason/continuum-computational-couture?ref=live   * computational couture > http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rhymeandreason/continuum-computational-couture?ref=live
 +  * hexagonal paper dress > http://unlimiteddesigncontest.org/en/node/58/manual
   * http://www.sew-brilliant.org/   * http://www.sew-brilliant.org/
  
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