144 = Numbering Tomfoolery and Number-Based Jewellery
Show notes
#️⃣ How wrong can a sequence of numbers be?
👂 What maths-related diagrams that would look good as a pair of earrings?
☕ And we have some Any Other Baristaness
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Behold the weird balls! Here is Thomas Fernique’s Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/fernik_art/p/DcVerFCDiwr/
And head to our Instagram to see Matt looking really happy with a weird football and Bec looking really sad with a weird football.
Some visuals to inspire designs for duallery - Brown University: Dual Shapes: https://www.math.brown.edu/tbanchof/Beyond3d/chapter5/section03.html
Some pre-made mathematical earrings from Maths Gear: https://mathsgear.co.uk/collections/jewellery-etc
Vanessa Schattman on the maths of cat’s cradle:
https://archive.bridgesmathart.org/2026/bridges2026-669.html#gsc.tab=0
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