String art has its origins in the 'curve stitch' activities invented by Mary Everest Boole at the end of the 19th Century to make mathematical ideas more accessible to children. It was popularised as a decorative craft in the late 1960s through kits and books. Here's a great tutorial on how to make typographic string art. *[Star Trek scene circa 1976. More interplanetary eye candy here and here.]
very cool.
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Posted by: january | 23 March 2012 at 09:05 AM