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String art orpin and thread art, is characterized by an arrangement of colored thread strung between points to formgeometric patterns or representational designs such as a ship'ssails, sometimes with other artist material comprising the remainder of the work. Thread, wire, or string is wound around a grid of nails hammered into avelvet-covered wooden board. Though straight lines are formed by the string, the slightly different angles and metric positions at which strings intersect gives the appearance ofBézier curves (as in the mathematical concept ofenvelope of a family of straight lines).Quadratic Bézier curve are obtained from strings based on two intersecting segments. Other forms of string art includeSpirelli, which is used forcardmaking andscrapbooking, and curve stitching, in which string is stitched through holes.
String art has its origins in the 'curve stitch' activities invented byMary Everest Boole at the end of the 19th century to make mathematical ideas more accessible to children.[1] It was popularised as a decorative craft in the late 1960s through kits and books.[2]
A computational form of string art that can produce photo-realistic artwork was introduced by Petros Vrellis, in 2016.[3]
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^Blanken, Rain, author. (2018-06-15).String art magic : the secrets to crafting geometric art with string and nail.ISBN978-1-940611-73-0.OCLC988301633.{{cite book}}:|last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Bown, Oliver (2021)."Beyond the Creative Species: Making Machines That Make Art and Music". The MIT Press.ISBN9780262045018.
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