Everything I make

AutoScarf: The scarf that designs itself

Proceedings of Bridges Galway

A generalization of cellular automata to grid, brick, and lock structures that enable crafters to construct automated scarf motifs.

Granny Life

Maison Poincaré, Paris

An artwork of 242 crocheted granny squares with motifs generated by a cellular automaton, created by mathematicians, crafters, and hobbyists around the world; exhibited in Paris in 2026.

Simultaneous Queens

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Find at least 7 simultaneous non-attacking 11-Queens solutions, then complete them to a Latin square. Useful for planning structured arrangements in fiber arts.

Forbidden Graphs

ICERM Illustrating Math

A sculptural set of the intrinsically linked Petersen family of graphs, highlighting link transformations through the family via Delta-Y and Y-Delta moves.

JMU Experimental Mathematics Lab

Early exploratory undergraduate research in computational and experimental mathematics. A Geometry Lab at James Madison University since 2013.

Haynes Scholars Program

An academic residential learning community for first-year STEM majors at JMU, run by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

Predicting planned pooling patterns

Bridges Richmond

A mathematical analysis and classification of three desirable families of planned-pooling knit and crochet patterns.

Pentagonal Hexecontahedron

Polyplane exhibition

A stylized 3D-printed wireframe of a Catalan solid, part of the traveling Polyplane installation.

Mathematical Technocraft

Illustrating Math Seminar

Combining mathematics, technology, and craft to produce physical and visual artifacts that help us discover and explore new ideas.