surface-tiling curve (alternating iteration) construction diagram

This piece was based off of an illustration appearing as Figure 2 and also in the supplement for the surface-tiling curves paper. The original illustration appears in this video, which is intended to make the order in which things happen a little clearer.

My purpose in making it more illustrative was to have a more artistic version of the diagram with color-coding instead of text. Taking out the words and still retaining all of their meaning was a challenge, but really all of the information is still there. It also makes it a little more like a puzzle the viewer can figure out.

the diagram this piece was based off of, here until I can figure out a way to get a good photo of the finished piece which was done with graphite and paint (see header image on this page)