Abstract / Synopsis
Technology can be a significant aide in understanding and appreciating geometry, beyond theoretical considerations. Both fiber art and technology have been employed as a significant aide and an inspiring vessel in education to explore geometry. The Japanese craft known as temari, or "hand-balls", combines important artistic, spiritual, and familial values, and provides one such approach to exploring geometry. Mathematically, the artwork of temari may be classified based on whether they are inspired by polyhedra and discrete patterns or by periodic functional curves. The resulting designs of these categories provide an ancient vantage for displaying spherical patterns. We illustrate a technique that combines the fiber art of temari with interactive computer visualizations. In addition, we provide guided activities to help promote a deeper understanding of how functions and patterns arise on a spherical surface.
DOI
10.5642/jhummath.202002.12
Recommended Citation
Carl Giuffre & Lee Stemkoski, "Virtual Temari: Artistically Inspired Mathematics," Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, Volume 10 Issue 2 (July 2020), pages 237-257. DOI: 10.5642/jhummath.202002.12. Available at: https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol10/iss2/12
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