String Art Is My Craft

This is my review of what I consider to be the best web sites for string art enthusiasts. I have rated them on the usefulness of the information given and the patterns that they offer.

Click on the site names to visit the web sites.

1. String Art Fun

This is a great place for string art enthusiasts to start. There is an illustrated step-by-step guide to making string art pictures. Teachers will find some articles on how to introduce string art to children. There are six free patterns to download and a number of attractive patterns available for purchase. There is a section with Christmas designs using colourful drawing pins (thumb tacks) together with sparkly decorative cords and ribbons to give a festive look to the pictures.
www.stringartfun.com/

2. String art at Math Cats

This web site has an animated demonstration of string art aimed at children, using a square design. There are five free patterns to download based on simple geometric shapes.
www.mathcats.com/crafts/stringart.html

3. Okee’s String Art

There are several comprehensive articles on string art covering design, techniques and procedures. There are also some free projects with patterns and instructions.
www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/9155/index2/index.html

4. Childs Elementary School String Art

The art gallery features a number of pictures made by grade 6 students. There are no instructions or patterns but the pictures show what is possible with string art.
www.childs.mccsc.edu/art98/art2p1.htm

5. Exciting Scout Crafts – String Art Flower

This is a detailed project on how to make a string art flower. There is a free pattern to download and a list of materials used.
www.e-scoutcraft.com/string/flower.html

6. The Caron Collection

Ths web site has a “Kids Corner” with a string art sailboat project. It includes a materials list, a pattern to print and the instructions.
www.caron-net.com/kidprojt.html

7. Teachers Network

This has a page called “String Art – An Adventure in Line Designs”. It discusses the use of string art as a basis for mathematical understanding of geometric shapes and relationships of points, segments, and angles. There is a project ready to present to students.
www.teachersnetwork.org/dcs/math/stringart/StringArt_TeacherNotes_files/

8. Logo Art Gallery

This gallery has a string art page featuring eleven geometric pictures. A good source of inspiration.
www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Lab/2276/stringart.htm

9. Strings and Things

This web site features lots of photographs of 3D string art projects produced by the artist Rynders Wilfried.
www.bloggen.be/strings_and_things/

10. Lionel Deimel’s Farrago

This web site has a page called “Curve-stitch Designs”. It includes a complex isometric cube drawing that could form the basis of a string art pattern.
www.deimel.org/rec_math/curve_stitch.htm

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