Silicon dies, Navajo art

[beschizza]

Originally published at: Silicon dies, Navajo art - Boing Boing

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[anon15383236]

To save others some clickthroughs, here’s Schultz’s piece, from the National Gallery of Art’s site:

[anon84099695]

I love it. Would not mind to have something like this as a centerpiece of my living room

[Mister44]

A similar analogy I have noted, wampum and other beading art, is basically pixel art way before the first computer was dreamed of.

[anon33176345]

@Mister44

basically pixel art way before the first computer was dreamed of

See what “programs” a Jacquard Loom

[Mister44]

Yes but traditional beading is much older than mechanical looms like that. But definitely rug making and other weaving is also similar to pixel art.

Fun fact - my first job out of college was for a small webdesign company whose offices were in this other company’s space. They imported and embroidered hats. One day they were throwing out a bunch of old stuff, including these odd paper tape rolls with holes punched into it. They said it was a pattern for an old embroidery machine. I saved one, though I am not sure it is still around here or not…

[Scientist]

Cool art; tough headline to parse

[knappa]

The article’s story of the Fairchild semiconductor plant in Shiprock is worth reading.

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