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Nicole Tietz-Sokolskaya
Nolen Royalty
Quinn Dombrowski
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Rebecca Ravenoak
Taylor Troesh
Vaibhav Sagar
diff --git a/speakers.md b/speakers.md index c9a2c9b..b881a8b 100644 --- a/speakers.md +++ b/speakers.md @@ -150,6 +150,19 @@ Computers and data are closely intertwined: we use computers to capture and crea --- +### Rebecca Ravenoak + +**Algorithmically Generated Flower Beds!! (inspired by Ancient & Modern Polychrome Textiles)** + + +Rebecca Ravenoak + +Polychrome textiles are created by overlapping and interlacing two or more colors of thread in a way that creates areas of solid and blended colors. This talk is about using that same technique (digitally) to create flowerbed textures based on a fabric structure called Crackle or Jämtlandsdräll, but this is not a technical weaving talk. It’s about creating colorful patterns that can be used in pixel art based on algorithmically generated tiles and patterns.. + +**Rebecca** is a computer programmer and artist who works with digital and physical textiles. They weave, code, bake, and garden just south of Oakland in a wacky old house full of cats and as many weird little succulents as they can grow. + +--- + ### Taylor Troesh **bang! bang! he murdered math! {the musical!}**