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Crafts CouncilDirectoryMarilyn Rathbone

Pi in the Sky

Pi has been calculated to trillions of digits and memorised to thousands but how many do we actually need? To calculate the circumference of the observable universe to within the width of a single atom – just the first thirty-nine. Here they are, circled in the colours of the cosmic spectrum.

Marilyn Rathbone

Worthing, England


Pi in the Sky, close-up detail, Marilyn Rathbone

Materials: silk thread, brass rings, painted wooden battens


Pi in the Sky, detail, Marilyn Rathbone

Pi in the Sky, full view, Marilyn Rathbone

Pi in the Sky

Pi has been calculated to trillions of digits and memorised to thousands but how many do we actually need? To calculate the circumference of the observable universe to within the width of a single atom – just the first thirty-nine. Here they are, circled in the colours of the cosmic spectrum.

Marilyn Rathbone

Worthing, England


Pi in the Sky, close-up detail, Marilyn Rathbone

Materials: silk thread, brass rings, painted wooden battens


Pi in the Sky, full view, Marilyn Rathbone

Pi in the Sky, detail, Marilyn Rathbone

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