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ArticleKAUST Department
Computer Science ProgramVisual Computing Center (VCC)
Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division
VCC / KAUST, Saudi Arabia
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2018-06-01Online Publication Date
2018-06-01Print Publication Date
2018-05Embargo End Date
2019-01-01Permanent link to this record
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In this paper we propose a novel method for the automatic computation and digital fabrication of artistic string images. String art is a technique used by artists for the creation of abstracted images which are composed of straight lines of strings tensioned between pins distributed on a frame. Together the strings fuse to a perceptible image. Traditionally, artists craft such images manually in a highly sophisticated and tedious design process. To achieve this goal fully automatically we propose a computational setup driven by a discrete optimization algorithm which takes an ordinary picture as input and converts it into a connected graph of strings that tries to reassemble the input image best possibly. Furthermore, we propose a hardware setup for automatic digital fabrication of these images using an industrial robot that spans the strings. Finally, we demonstrate the applicability of our approach by generating and fabricating a set of real string art images.Citation
Birsak, M., Rist, F., Wonka, P., & Musialski, P. (2018). String Art: Towards Computational Fabrication of String Images. Computer Graphics Forum, 37(2), 263–274. doi:10.1111/cgf.13359Sponsors
We thank the reviewers for their helpful suggestions. This research was funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF P27972-N31) and the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF ICT15-082).Publisher
Blackwell Publishing LtdJournal
Computer Graphics ForumAdditional Links
http://doi.wiley.com/10.1111/cgf.13359ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1111/cgf.13359