Rule 110 is a beaded art piece depicting the elementary cellular automation algorithm of the same name. Cellular automata, the algorithm on which Conway’s Game of Life is built, is significant for its ability to model a range of complex behaviors. As defined by Steven Wolfram and Matthew Cook, rule 110 is unique among cellular automata due to its proven universality and Turing completeness. Depicted here in beads of jasper and white jade, the rule enters the third dimension as a weighty fabric, connecting the worlds of scientific computation and organic elegance.

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Best in Fiber Arts Award, University of Michigan Science as Art Competition 2/24

Mending the Net, A Fiber Club* group exhibition, 9/23 ︎︎︎

︎ beading
︎ algorithms
︎ biophilia