2017 Joint Mathematics Meetings
sarah-marie belcastro
Artists
Statement
I am a mathematician who knits as well as a knitter who does mathematics. It has always seemed natural to me to combine mathematics and knitting, whether that results in knitting a model of a mathematical object or in using mathematics to design a garment. Indeed, over my mathematical life both of these types of combinations have occurred. Most of the mathematical models I have created are only of aesthetic value and have no real function; it is rare that I am able to adapt a mathematical object for use as a garment or other practical use. (It is perhaps too much to hope that I could regularly combine artistry and function in addition to knitting and mathematics.)
Artworks
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Petersen-Embellished Non-orientable Blanket Square
32 x 32 x 2 cm
knitting with surface crochet
2015