One-color Frieze Patterns in Friendship Bracelets: A Cross-Cultural Comparison
Proceedings of Bridges 2021: Mathematics, Art, Music, Architecture, Culture
Pages 253–256
Short Papers
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate symmetry preferences in an emerging craft of a global online community, that of the friendship bracelet. We compare the frequencies of the seven frieze patterns from a sample of friendship bracelet patterns found in the online global database Braceletbook with previous studies of frieze pattern frequencies from eleven studies of decorative arts created by artists of different cultures.