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Katherine Seaton

@mathskath.bsky.social

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Mum (to two young adult women), mathematician, fibre artist, semi-retired (!!). Living on the lands of the Kulin nations. Author of "A Stitch in Line: Mathematics and One-Stitch Sashiko"

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Jun 20

I’m curating an exhibition of Mathematical Art at the Australian Mathematical Society meeting in December. If you’re coming to the meeting and you create art with mathematics, please think about being involved. More information to appear at the conference website.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 7m

Congratulations @mathgrrl.com It must be said that getting a piece of crochet to Paris by way of the USA from Australia is perhaps inefficient, but I do love a good collaborative project.

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mathgrrl @mathgrrl.com · 12h

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The community project "Granny Life" is going to Paris!! The artwork was accepted for the exhibit "Création, entre arts et mathématiques" at Maison Poincaré in Paris. Woooo!!!

Join the project and your crochet can go to Paris too! www.grannylifecrochet.com

15 colorful granny squares with matching mathematical patterns, connected together as part of a community artwork

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 11m

Oooh, I do love a good example of cyclic symmetry without reflection.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 8d

I thought I could see my square...and I could!! And are those customised blocking tools?

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 10d

We’ve called her Pallema Allen, ever since Ms 21 first started asking for the books, before she turned 2.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 10d

Oh, so sorry to hear this.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 15d

Cool today, but unmistakably Spring. Lunch with Ms 18 in Carlton. When I was a student at Melbourne University, I would sometimes meet my mum for lunch.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 18d

In Geelong with Dad today! Go Cats.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 19d

Ooh, nice non-uniform distribution dice. I could have had fun with those when I taught probability models.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 20d

As I recall, your hair is straighter.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 21d

Drove past the house I first bought back in 1993, and which was, when we sold it 11 years ago, almost 100 years old. It is no more: garden, Edwardian weatherboard house, tiled fireplaces, new roof ..., all flattened. Sure it needed more done to it than we had done, but I am a bit sad today.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 21d

Actually, maybe just check the work of Shiying Dong, which she terms topological crochet.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 21d

I would check the Bridges archive and the website of Sarah-Marie belcastro.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 22d

Hence matrix: giving birth to determinants.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 25d

I am learning to use a sewing machine. Better late than never.

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mathgrrl @mathgrrl.com · 25d

Create crochet granny squares for a community math/art project! Our Granny Life motif-generating app can now export printable pattern pages ❤️

www.mathgrrl.com/granny-life @geek @crochet 🧶

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · 29d

Yesterday I did a walkthrough of the rooms for the AustMS conference and chose the space for the inaugural art exhibition. (This isn’t it; this is the tearoom, where we enjoy this work from the university’s art collection.)

Painting showing celestial objects and the equations for celestial motion.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Sep 9

The materials we use are all off-cuts and dead stock. Apparently, I excel at tidying up at the end. 2/2

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Sep 9

I thought that it was high time I learnt to use one of the 2 sewing machines I have inherited. Didn't ever learn to use one at school, or from my mum. I am going to classes, which are "after school" for the other members. So far, I have made a wonky trivet and an excellent wheat bag. 1/2

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Sep 5

So interesting. This is the period when foreigners were excluded from Japan, apart from the Dutch (to a limited extent). Fascinating to see this image. Love the cutlery in particular.

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Sep 4

Yes, I loved the graphic.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Aug 29

Can I ask who the presenter was?

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Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Aug 29

Explained positive and negative skew of data to Ms 18, who is accustomed to my style of maths explanations, which often uses everyday language and examples. Her final question was “But what are the tails really called?”

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Aug 25

According to a statement from my publisher, there’s another 52 copies of A Stitch in Line out in the world. Thank you 🙏 so much for buying and reading it. Please tag me if you make something in hitomezashi 🪡 using ideas from the book 📖. I would love to see it.

Katherine Seaton @mathskath.bsky.social · Aug 25

This was my younger child! Admittedly I didn’t take the older one, so I don’t actually know what happened that day.