A “binary bonsai” created using an algorithmic knitting process. Image copyright Madeleine Shepherd. Used with permission.
Many of us have seen Fibonacci numbers in sunflowers and hyperbolic curvature in kale leaves. Botanica Mathematica, “a textile taxonomy of mathematical plant forms,” takes mathematical-botanical correspondences like these and throws in a little fiber art. “The Botanica Mathematica project is about using simple mathematical rules to generate pieces of knitting or crochet,” says one post. The blog is a companion to an art exhibit in progress. Later this year, Botanica Mathematica creators Julia Collins and Madeleine Shepherd will put together an art installation of the pieces they make and receive from knitters and crocheters around the world. Shepherd says that pieces have been donated from England, Scotland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US, and anyone is welcome to contribute.
Read the full post at the AMS Blog on Math Blogs.
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