Sophia and Grandmother - Sophia Meier and grandmother were awaiting the
birth of Gabriella Elaine Meier. During the waiting period, Sophia and grandmother
decorated this quilt! What a lovely memory of a special time in our lives.

Tessellation - The arrows inspired this quilter to fashion something interesting
yet mathematical. The border of this quilt was especially fun as the arrows
extend outside the edge of the quilt.





Tessellation 2 - Owned in a private collection.





Pascal's Pumpkin - the design for Pascal's Pumpkin was discovered by Marc Roth. 
He had learned about designs based on Pascal's Triangle from the Scientific American article on the triangle by Martin Gardner.  Later, Roth learned how to extend the
triangle to a hexagon from the research of Jean Pedersen and Peter Hilton. 
Finally, the triangle or hexagon can be extended to a three dimensional pyramid.  Pascal's Pumpkin is based on two superimposed layers of the pyramind
(16 and 17 layers up from the base).

Buckeyballs and Bubbles - This quilt turned out to be a tribute to Richard Smalley,
a professor who discovered the existence of the Buckeyball in soot.  For centuries
it was thought that the only two pure forms of carbon were hard sparkling diamonds
and dull, slipery graphite.  In l985, Smalley's team announce a third pure form of
carbon C-60.  The Buckeyball was named after Buckminster Fuller, the inventor
of the geodesic dome.  The symmetry in the Buckeyball lends itself to applications
in drug design, chemical sponges,miniature circuits, lubricants, catalysts, chemical
probles in a scanning-fprce microscope, batteries, molecular sieves, and possible
use in photo copiers.



           


School of Fish - At a recent Bridges Conference, articles were presented on morphing techniques.  Elaine became fascinated by these designs and believed an interesting quilt could be constructed.  School of Fish is the result of exploring the techniques of M. C. Escher, John Sharp, and Craig S. Kaplan.

Some quilts are for sale - please contact Elaine at eellisonelaine@gmail.com for more
information and prices.