Hankering for Yarn

May 9th, 2008

Inspiration - Crochet at the edge

My friend Bonnie, sent me a link to the site of an extraordinary artist Joana Vasconcelos. 
Her work reminds me of the art nouveau decoration and sculpture of Antoni Gaudi in Barcelona. Her website is animated and a sensory feast.

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May 8th, 2008

Butterfly Effects-Update on the Crocheted Lorenz Manifold

OH!!!!! I am just delighted! After reading my posting about Hinka Osinga’s spectacular crocheted model based on the mathematics of the Butterfly Effect,  Kristi found the actual pattern for it!
I’ll never have time to do it, but I love it that now I COULD!
Here’s the pattern URL: Crocheted Mathematics of Chaos Butterfly Model   by Hinka […]

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May 7th, 2008

Butterfly effects in crochet

Lately, there has been a lot of attention paid to crocheted mathematical models.

I am passionate about butterflies. I am constantly designing homages to them in crochet, weaving, knitting, (see yesterday’s entry for a knitted Butterfly Bag), spool knitting, tatting, sewing, you name it. The picture above is a butterfly that is part of a […]

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February 9th, 2008

Fish out of water

Ming Yi Sung’s sculptural crochet is truly wonderful.
You HAVE to go see her Fish out of water! 
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February 9th, 2008

The Saga of the Missing Chicken

Ming Yi Sung is a fiber artist who has a wonderfully offbeat sense of humor. She did a very whimsical outdoor crocheted sculpture of a life size woman engaged in a mealtime battle with a reluctant chicken.
She posted a series of photographs of the installation and unveiling of the piece, and then…. oh no!
The chicken […]

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