Tag: Thread

Computational Thread Art

This is a post describing how I created artwork inspired by Petros Vrellis’ pieces (for more detail, see his website). I will be focusing largely on the algorithms that I used to generate the threads, rather than the physical implementation (which is done using a bike wheel, clothes hange...

The Rainbow Thread: Weaving Pride into Boston’s Rich Tapestry

Boston — a nexus of tradition and innovation, a bustling harbor of historical milestones, and a beacon of cultural diversity, has a rich and diverse narrative. Amidst tales of patriots, poets, and Presidents, one vibrant chapter often goes unsung — the city’s enduring legacy of LGB...

The Thinnest Thread of Light

Anyone familiar with the work of Vancouver’s Rodney DeCroo will know how trauma informs his art. The son of a violent and PTSD-ridden Vietnam War veteran, DeCroo spent his childhood moving from Pennsylvania to the gloomy rough-and-tumble towns of British Columbia and back again, accruing the d...

There is a common thread that unifies the right and the left.

There is a single common thread that runs through both the insurrection of January 6th 2021 and the ‘Great Resignation’ of 2022. I didn’t pick up on it until I listened to what the insurgents were saying between the lines. The insurgents common woe was that they couldn’t s...

Reading between the lines: How all of math is made from a line.

Imagine a single, slender thread stretched across the vast canvas of existence. This humble line, the embodiment of simplicity, becomes the seed from which all mathematics grows. Through stretching, translation, and curvature, it transforms into the intricate tapestries of numbers, shapes, and fu...