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What is String Art: A Heart Pattern
A Simple Heart Project. Pin and Thread art
String art is a decorative craft technique. It may be simpler or more complex and creative, as you try…
The patterns and images are created by wrapping thread or string around a series of fixed pins or nails arranged on a backing surface, typically wood.
When was invented
String art, also known as curve stitching, was invented by mathematician Mary Everest Boole in the 19th century to help students better understand various mathematical patterns.
The overlapping and crisscrossing strings create geometric patterns, curves, and shapes through straight lines.
The mathematical principle behind string art is called envelope curves or curve stitching — where straight lines can create the illusion of curves through their intersections and tangent points.
The technique was popularized in the 1960s and 1970s as both a mathematical teaching tool and a form of decorative art.
