Events

14 MARCH, NEWCASTLE, NSW

Co-organisers: CARMA (University of Newcastle)

Celebrating Pi Day in Newcastle

On March 14 (3.14) come and fold and knit and crochet some mathematical crafts with us, to celebrate the wonderful number Pi, at the NewSpace city campus building of the University of Newcastle. Hands-on activities for ages 8 to 88 from 10 am to 4 pm. There will also be two talks for general audiences with a maths craft flavour:

11 am Katherine Seaton (Maths Craft) How to crochet a hyperbolic pi(e)

2 pm Florian Breuer (UoN) Mathematical marvels for young and old

The event is free.

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Friday 23 August, Viewbank College, Warren Road, Rosanna, VIC, 3084

STEAM Futures Conference

This 1-day conference for teachers brings together art, technology, engineering, mathematics and science. Maths Craft Australia will run two workshops showing how to bring craft into mathematics teaching.

Book your ticket at https://www.steamfutures.viewbank.vic.edu.au/

Saturday 27 October, Melbourne School of Design foyer, University of Melbourne, Masson Road, Parkville, VIC, 3010

Co-organisers: Science Gallery Melbourne, Katherine Seaton (La Trobe)

H.P. Mathscraft

Think maths, physics and crafternoons have nothing in common? Think again! In this workshop, we will use knitting, crochet and origami to explain complex mathematical and physical ideas and theories. Let your hands do the learning by knitting a hyperbolic plane or creating platonic solids out of origami. What on earth are they, you ask? Join our mathematical crafternoon to find out.

Come and go as you please throughout the day, and hear talks by artists, mathematicians and physicists during the event.

This event is organised as part of the Perfection exhibition of Science Gallery Melbourne.

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Saturday 26 August, La Trobe City Campus, 360 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000

Co-organisers: Katherine Seaton (La Trobe), Julie Clutterbuck (Monash)

Investigate the links between maths and crochet, origami and embroidery, with talks and hands-on craft workshops. Speakers include Julia Collins (Hyperbolic geometry and crochet), Ann-Marie Anderson-Mayes (Number patterns and embroidery) and Michael Assis (Mathigami - the maths of origami). 

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