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Title: Simple Sample Sierpinski
Artist and Designer: Ted Ashton
Materials: Tatting thread
Technique: Shuttle Tatting
Artist’s Statement: The Sierpinski Triangle can be created in numerous ways. One method is to “grow” it, as one would grow a crystal, by taking some seed (in this case, a single tatted circle), making two copies of it and connecting them to form a triangle, then repeating the process, each time using the existing triangle as the seed. I’ve long been interested in mathematics whose beauty can be enjoyed by the non-mathematician. This piece was inspired by Jake Wildstrom’s talk at the 2005 Fiber Arts special session, but was designed and created as a gift for my wife, who has a special love for triangles.