Twelve years.
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Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.
Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2
@gwenbeads WOW-factor! stunning!
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@gwenbeads Thank you so much for the notice and discount code! Being an extreme novice in mathematics I am a bit wary but when I read the time and devotion you took to write this...how could one not considering purchasing it. Going to follow #beading and other tags.
️@tinfoiling thank you! Working on this book became a side hobby. After year 3, it gave me and my friends who worked on it a reason to meet regularly and chat about our progress and other cool math and art stuff.
Unless we sell 100,000 copies, it’s never going to pay for all the time we put in it, and that’s okay. It was fun, beautiful, and content worth sharing with the world. But maybe, just maybe, we’ll sell 100,000 copies. That’s only 1 in every 83,000 people.
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Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.
Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2
@gwenbeads this sounds like a real labor of love, I'm looking forward to flipping through my copy
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We found so much to include that the book ended up a full third longer than I had originally planned. It took years longer than I originally expected. But it was a labor of love, a passion project, something we made because we wanted to make something beautiful and inspiring. I can hardly believe it’s finally finished. I hope you will love it too.
Link to order the book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14357#t=aboutBook
There’s a 30% off code
RECMATH30It’s preorder. The release date is the end of February. 2/2
@gwenbeads I definitely don’t need this book, but it looks beautiful, and your passion is contagious. So now you only need to sell 99,999 to break even.
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@gwenbeads I definitely don’t need this book, but it looks beautiful, and your passion is contagious. So now you only need to sell 99,999 to break even.
@provuejim awe thanks Jim. I promise it will be worth at least half of what you paid for it or half your money back.
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@provuejim awe thanks Jim. I promise it will be worth at least half of what you paid for it or half your money back.
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@gwenbeads this sounds like a real labor of love, I'm looking forward to flipping through my copy
@FlarZuumi thank you Flar. I hope you enjoy using the algorithms to make some art.
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We found so much to include that the book ended up a full third longer than I had originally planned. It took years longer than I originally expected. But it was a labor of love, a passion project, something we made because we wanted to make something beautiful and inspiring. I can hardly believe it’s finally finished. I hope you will love it too.
Link to order the book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14357#t=aboutBook
There’s a 30% off code
RECMATH30It’s preorder. The release date is the end of February. 2/2
@gwenbeads thanks this is intriguing. I have pre-ordered
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We found so much to include that the book ended up a full third longer than I had originally planned. It took years longer than I originally expected. But it was a labor of love, a passion project, something we made because we wanted to make something beautiful and inspiring. I can hardly believe it’s finally finished. I hope you will love it too.
Link to order the book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14357#t=aboutBook
There’s a 30% off code
RECMATH30It’s preorder. The release date is the end of February. 2/2
@gwenbeads oh man, this is beyond cool. Absolutely gonna throw this around to everyone I know.
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Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.
Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2
@gwenbeads my dyslexia read that as breeding algorithms and im dissapoined its not the case
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We found so much to include that the book ended up a full third longer than I had originally planned. It took years longer than I originally expected. But it was a labor of love, a passion project, something we made because we wanted to make something beautiful and inspiring. I can hardly believe it’s finally finished. I hope you will love it too.
Link to order the book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14357#t=aboutBook
There’s a 30% off code
RECMATH30It’s preorder. The release date is the end of February. 2/2
@gwenbeads
Wow, this looks amazing! My kid and I both love math and crafts. Instant pre-order!!!
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We found so much to include that the book ended up a full third longer than I had originally planned. It took years longer than I originally expected. But it was a labor of love, a passion project, something we made because we wanted to make something beautiful and inspiring. I can hardly believe it’s finally finished. I hope you will love it too.
Link to order the book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14357#t=aboutBook
There’s a 30% off code
RECMATH30It’s preorder. The release date is the end of February. 2/2
@gwenbeads Thanks! Shared the link with a needlework enthusiast who is also raising a math nerd.
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@toxi You might enjoy this book!
@mountainmindset Thanks! I actually used to do a lot of beading when I was wee lad... this is another level, though!
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@loopspace yes. Roger Antonsen was a math professor at University of Oslo, Norway. Sadly, he passed away, it will be two years this April. He and I worked on this project for about seven years together.
@gwenbeads I suspected as much.
He was a lovely person. I wouldn't say I knew him very well, but when I lived in Trondheim we got into the habit of having a coffee and a talk about maths whenever he visited the city.
I was already inclined to buy your book. That just seals the deal.
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Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.
Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2
@gwenbeads my mum would've loved your book. She was a fan of Contemporary Geometric Beadwork (https://beadmobile.wordpress.com/) and before the cancer she'd been close to finishing this beautiful piece. Her longtime tutor organised her other students to finish it for us after Mum died.
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@gwenbeads my mum would've loved your book. She was a fan of Contemporary Geometric Beadwork (https://beadmobile.wordpress.com/) and before the cancer she'd been close to finishing this beautiful piece. Her longtime tutor organised her other students to finish it for us after Mum died.
@v_for_verbosity that’s a lovely piece of Cellini peyote stitch your mom made. Thank you for sharing it with me.
I’m very familiar with Contemporary Geometric Beadwork. I have both of the first two books, and they are masterful works, both! I like to imagine that CGB described the intrinsic forms of peyote stitch beadwork in the way that Beading with Algiritms describes the color patterns. The two books are complementary and can be used together.
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@gwenbeads I suspected as much.
He was a lovely person. I wouldn't say I knew him very well, but when I lived in Trondheim we got into the habit of having a coffee and a talk about maths whenever he visited the city.
I was already inclined to buy your book. That just seals the deal.
@loopspace Roger Antonsen was a spark of light, a genius at math, logic, coding, and mathematical art. He was kind and funny. I learned a lot from him, and I was lucky to have as much of his attention as I did. Many of the deeper mathematical observations in our book were Roger’s, and he wrote all the code that we used for the illustrations that appear on almost every page. I miss him dearly.
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Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.
Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2
@gwenbeads This looks AMAZING! Congratulations! I want to read it and I don't even make any of these things (so far) !!!!!
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Twelve years. I started this project twelve years ago, and today I hold the result in my hand. It’s a book that combines bead weaving with math called, “Beading with Algorithms: Cellular Automata in Peyote Stitch.” With help from mathematician and artist Roger Antonsen, graphic designer Zelda Lin, a handful of talented proof readers, and the good people from World Scientific Publishing Company, my dream of combining my loves of math, art, and teaching into a book is finally a reality.
This book is the first of its kind, a recipe book of algorithms that can be used and combined to generate colorful patterns in peyote stitch beadwork in any size and shape you desire. These algorithms could also be applied to other pixelated art forms like tile laying, embroidery, crochet, and quilts. We included projects like bracelets, pill pouches, pendants, beaded beads, and key chains. We also included a bunch of different grids that you can photocopy and color with markers.
Of course I’m biased, but I think it’s a really beautiful book. We included multiple colorful images on almost every page, 172 pages in all. It was a huge layout challenge, but Zelda nailed it. My original goal was to write 128 pages on how to use algorithms to make beaded jewelry, but the more we explored the space, the more we found. Not just millions of algorithms, the space of possibilities is infinite. So of course, we couldn’t include them all. But we used math and Roger’s custom software that he wrote for this project to help us find dozens of the easiest algorithms and more than a hundred more in increasing levels of complexity. We included all of our favorites. 1/2
gorgeous stuff! got it bookmarked to notify me when it releases.
i'd been meaning to get back to some beading but this will definitely be good motivation.
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We found so much to include that the book ended up a full third longer than I had originally planned. It took years longer than I originally expected. But it was a labor of love, a passion project, something we made because we wanted to make something beautiful and inspiring. I can hardly believe it’s finally finished. I hope you will love it too.
Link to order the book: https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/14357#t=aboutBook
There’s a 30% off code
RECMATH30It’s preorder. The release date is the end of February. 2/2
@gwenbeads can't wait to get my copy!
