A few years ago I made a "string art" portrait for my girlfriend at the time. It's made from a continuous†2 km long black thread, woven around a loom made from a bicycle wheel rim. I'm still very proud of how it turned out.
†OK fine, it broke at a few points and I had to knot the ends together, but it's the principle that counts.
I really wanted to make something creative for her, but I'm pretty terrible as an artist, so I instead applied a talent I do have: making 200 line Python scripts. Apparently the first to do this was an artist named Petros Vrellis, though I did come up with it independently.
Sadly, we've broken up since then, and we didn't remain friends. I do wonder what happened to it, I can't imagine she'd've thrown it out, but on the other hand it would be odd to have a physically quite large memento to a previous relationship hanging from your wall.
†OK fine, it broke at a few points and I had to knot the ends together, but it's the principle that counts.
https://imgur.com/gallery/ljoJeal
I really wanted to make something creative for her, but I'm pretty terrible as an artist, so I instead applied a talent I do have: making 200 line Python scripts. Apparently the first to do this was an artist named Petros Vrellis, though I did come up with it independently.
Sadly, we've broken up since then, and we didn't remain friends. I do wonder what happened to it, I can't imagine she'd've thrown it out, but on the other hand it would be odd to have a physically quite large memento to a previous relationship hanging from your wall.