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Ways of being strands: cross-disciplinary collaboration using craft and mathematics
journal contribution
posted on 2017-03-16, 10:12 authored by Nithikul Nimkulrat, Janette MatthewsThis article presents a collaborative project between a textile practitioner-researcher (Nimkulrat) and a textile practitioner-mathematician (Matthews). Mathematical investigation of Nimkulrat's craft knots through mathematical knot diagrams by Matthews revealed knot properties which were indiscernible from the work alone. This approach led to a way of visualizing knot designs using more than one color prior to making. The result of this current research phase illuminates the role of mathematics in making the knotting process explicit. It demonstrates the influence of mathematical analysis on craft practice and the significance of cross-disciplinary collaboration on the development of knotted pattern design
History
School
- The Arts, English and Drama
Department
- Arts
Published in
Design IssuesCitation
NIMKULRAT, N. and MATTHEWS, J., 2017. Ways of being strands: cross-disciplinary collaboration using craft and mathematics. Design Issues, 33(4), pp.59-72.Publisher
© Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT Press)Version
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
Publisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Acceptance date
2017-02-14Publication date
2017Notes
This paper is closed access until 02/04/2018. It has been accepted for publication in the journal Design Issues.ISSN
0747-9360eISSN
1531-4790Publisher version
Language
- en