2015 Joint Mathematics Meetings
Larry Riddle
Artists
Larry Riddle
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA
Statement
I have been working with needle crafts since graduate school. I have also been interested in fractals and fractal geometry for more than 20 years. Only recently, however, have I combined these mathematical and artistic interests to create cross stitch and backstitch pieces to illustrate the beauty and mathematics of fractals associated with iterated function systems. As a mathematician I like to seek fractal images that have symmetry or illustrate some interesting mathematical idea. I must be sure that the fractal can be represented accurately on a canvas that permits only vertical, horizontal, and diagonal stitches of a fixed size. Fractals that are built from squares or from lines rotated by multiples of 45° work particularly well.
Artworks
![Image for entry 'Space Filling Curve'](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsubmit.bridgesmathart.org%2Frails%2Factive_storage%2Fblobs%2Fproxy%2FeyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjQxNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ%3D%3D--e669514539afb7f30a210821fa5fbcccf101d78f%2Fspacing_filling_300dpi.jpg&w=1536&q=75)