Friday, February 4, 2011

Pythagoras Unbound




In this piece, the standard square-in-a-square image used to illustrate the Pythagorean Theorem explodes in three steps. Two colorful cotton fabrics were fused and cut apart using pinking shears. The background was machine quilted in a wavy grid and the edges left raw - a wide zigzag holding the three layering together. Construction mirrors the free, unrestrained, playfulness of the subject matter. And so the change in perspective from precise to silly.




2 comments:

  1. This is my 4th attempt!! so if 4 posts arrive, I apologize....
    I am not familiar with Pythagorean... but I like the 'change'... and especially that you did not bind it.

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  2. This is a very nice way to illustrate the pythagoras! Mathematics in fabric, a wonderful idea!

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