Greek Artist Makes Intricate Portraits With Yarn And A Computer

Using a 28″ circular loom, Greek artist Petros Vrellis makes intricate, intimate, stunningly beautiful portraits.

The “knitting” is done by hand, with step-by-step instructions dictated by his computer. The pattern itself is generated from a specially designed algorithm, coded in openframeworks. In the future, Vrellis plans to incorporate a robot into the process (each portrait requires 3-4,000 loops, which he currently does by hand) and to open source the creative coding so one day we’ll be able to try our hand at this new way to work with yarn.

Watch him create a portrait – it’s fascinating:

More info: knithacker.com

Petros Vrellis uses a 28″ circular loom and a computer-generated algorithm to create portraits.

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Danielle Holke

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Danielle works in digital communications and community management. In her spare time she enjoys exploring art galleries with her husband and kid, and she’s been known to get crafty now and again. She blogs at knithacker.com.