With the help of a mathematic algorithm Abakumova invented with her husband, she is able to pinpoint each spot where the colored thread must be placed to create a full image. 

“My program analyzes millions of possibilities of how to place the threads and when it finds the result that best matches the photograph, it stops counting,” Abakumova told the website StoryTrender, “Without a computer program, it would not be possible for the human eye to create something like this. I enjoy seeing how mathematics can help create beautiful things.”

Abakumova has threaded a number of classical portraits, including Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and William Adolphe Bouguereau’s Italian Girl Drawing Water. Each portrait contains more than 8,000 pieces of colored thread and would measure about two-and-a-half miles if they were to be unspooled. 

Incredibly, the husband and wife team are planning to expand the size of their projects for an exhibition in Moscow. 

Check out their unique combination of mathematics and thread art on their Instagram below.  

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From vinyl record players to clock radios, tea kettles to outdated recipes, Smith can transform nearly anything into lifelike wool sculptures. He learned the craft as a child and has been practicing ever since, a lifelong hobby that he describes as his source of relaxation.  

“My mother taught me to crochet when I was a child. I think I was probably eight years old and I enjoyed it straight away,” Smith said in an interview with the website MollieMakes. 

When it comes to deciding what to crochet, Smith finds inspiration from vintage recipe books and dusty magazines from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, as well as the types of appliances that surrounded him during his childhood. 

Speaking of the era during which he grew up, Smith told ABC News, “It’s the period I grew up in, the period of lime green kitchens and bright orange appliances, something that I’m familiar with, something I’ve always had an interest in.” 

The pieces take Smith around 15-30 hours to create and he’s currently exhibiting them throughout Australia. 

Check out his incredible crochet work on his Instagram below. 

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With the help of a mathematic algorithm Abakumova invented with her husband, she is able to pinpoint each spot where the colored thread must be placed to create a full image. 

“My program analyzes millions of possibilities of how to place the threads and when it finds the result that best matches the photograph, it stops counting,” Abakumova told the website StoryTrender, “Without a computer program, it would not be possible for the human eye to create something like this. I enjoy seeing how mathematics can help create beautiful things.”

Abakumova has threaded a number of classical portraits, including Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, and William Adolphe Bouguereau’s Italian Girl Drawing Water. Each portrait contains more than 8,000 pieces of colored thread and would measure about two-and-a-half miles if they were to be unspooled. 

Incredibly, the husband and wife team are planning to expand the size of their projects for an exhibition in Moscow. 

Check out their unique combination of mathematics and thread art on their Instagram below.  

The post Artist Creates Classical Portraits From Thousands of Pieces of Thread appeared first on TettyBetty.

From vinyl record players to clock radios, tea kettles to outdated recipes, Smith can transform nearly anything into lifelike wool sculptures. He learned the craft as a child and has been practicing ever since, a lifelong hobby that he describes as his source of relaxation.  

“My mother taught me to crochet when I was a child. I think I was probably eight years old and I enjoyed it straight away,” Smith said in an interview with the website MollieMakes. 

When it comes to deciding what to crochet, Smith finds inspiration from vintage recipe books and dusty magazines from the 50s, 60s, and 70s, as well as the types of appliances that surrounded him during his childhood. 

Speaking of the era during which he grew up, Smith told ABC News, “It’s the period I grew up in, the period of lime green kitchens and bright orange appliances, something that I’m familiar with, something I’ve always had an interest in.” 

The pieces take Smith around 15-30 hours to create and he’s currently exhibiting them throughout Australia. 

Check out his incredible crochet work on his Instagram below. 

The post Artist Trevor Smith Crochets Awesome Replicas of Vintage Appliances appeared first on TettyBetty.