A computational approach for spider web‐inspired fabrication of string art

作者:Je Seungwoo; Abileva Yekaterina; Bianchi Andrea; Bazin JeanCharles
来源:Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 2019, 30(3-4).
DOI:10.1002/cav.1904

摘要

Creating objects with threads is commonly referred to as string art. It is typically a manual, tedious work reserved for skilled artists. In this paper, we investigate how to automatically fabricate string art pieces from one single continuous thread in such a way that it looks like an input image. The proposed system consists of a thread connection optimization algorithm and a custom‐made fabrication machine. It allows casual users to create their own personalized string art pieces in a fully automatic manner. Quantitative and qualitative evaluations demonstrated our system can create visually appealing results. Inspired by the spiders' ability to build intriguing and sophisticated web structures using just a single continuous thread, we investigate how to automatically fabricate planar objects and string art from one single continuous thread (no cut, no glue) in such a way that it looks like an input image. The proposed system consists of a thread connection optimization algorithm and a custom‐made fa...