Monday, May 25, 2009

Flickr favorites



1. Crochet experiments, 2. fibonacci green, 3. Escalera caracol! (Fibonacci), 4. fibonacci rabbit 2

Created with fd's Flickr Toys.

For this weeks favorites, I thought it would be nice to go with a theme. My inspiration came from the picture of the crochet experiments from Sophie Buckleberry. I find it amazing how she used the Fibonacci sequence to come up with the pattern. Wish I could do that! :) I love these organic shapes. Then I used the Flickr search to find more Fibonacci treasures. Too many to make a mosaic off but these are a few of my favorites.
The Fibonacci numbers are nature's numbering system. They appear everywhere in nature, from the leaf arrangement in plants, to the pattern of the florets of a flower, the bracts of a pinecone, or the scales of a pineapple. The Fibonacci numbers are therefore applicable to the growth of every living thing, including a single cell, a grain of wheat, a hive of bees, and even all of mankind.
And above all, I think it's very inspirational on a creative level.
How about you show me a mosaic about what inspires you? :)
Post your mosaic in your blog or Flickr and I'll pop over to have a look.
Click on the link to Mister Linky below to leave your name and link please.
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20 comments:

  1. karlitaMay 26, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    very interesting story - didn't know that!!

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  2. Jane_BoMay 26, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    Thank you for interesting theme, did not know that too!

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  3. florcitaMay 26, 2009 at 8:02 AM

    I've read books which underlying plot was explained by the Fibonacci numbers... those suspense books you just can't put down...
    Great mosaic, love the stairs! Imagine going up or down...drunk.

    I got my mosaic in already... bright and early... bbut I don't know if the gadget-thingy on here on the blog worked....

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  4. I bijoux dello StregattoMay 26, 2009 at 8:33 AM

    Wonderful theme! Have you read "Codice da Vinci"?
    Very nice mosaic!

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  5. ChrissieMay 26, 2009 at 8:49 AM

    Beauty and instruction all in one! Thank you!
    Saw Jane's lovely mosaic on Flickr too.

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  6. StaroftheEastMay 26, 2009 at 9:32 AM

    Mr winky is again wonky, couldn't add my link, so here it is for the moment:
    http://star-of-the-east.blogspot.com/2009/05/flickr-favorites-blog-award-and-dawanda.html

    Yours is gorgeous, and interesting read!

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  7. AnonymousMay 26, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    oops oops oops ..sorry Mitsy...my favs for this week are under number 8 - I thought the link that was already there was just for my blog and so it would show up as the last post. Didn't realise it linked straight to last week's post. No coffee yet..must be down to that !

    Really like your own theme of nature's number :)

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  8. elischkaMay 26, 2009 at 11:22 AM

    thanks a lot for the mosaic tip!

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  9. *Evelyn*May 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM

    Hello Mitsy, I have done my mosaic
    http://sumikocreations.blogspot.com/

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  10. ingermaaikeMay 26, 2009 at 12:56 PM

    Yes that is most amazing indeed, my swirls are based on the same. Swirls are very mezmerizing!

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  11. RedFenyxMay 26, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    Lovely mosaic! Very interesting theme!
    I'll make my mosaic tomorrow ^^
    Thanks for sharing these info with us!

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  12. Miss CrowlandMay 26, 2009 at 5:08 PM

    hey there!

    it doesn't look like your link thing works, so here is mine...

    http://misscrowland.blogspot.com/2009/05/flickr-favourites.html

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  13. StephanieMay 26, 2009 at 5:46 PM

    Lovely mosaic Mitsy! Mr. Linky appears to be absent so I thought I'd leave the link here:

    http://cabbagesandkings-art.blogspot.com/2009/05/flickr-favorites-week-4.html

    Loved the theme. . .it was lots of fun!

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  14. Mitsy / ArtMindMay 26, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    Hey guys, looks like Mister Linky is dead! :( :( I thought he was great fun while it lasted! They are having some troubles with it and I do hope that they will be able to fix it soon.
    Thanks for playing! :)

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  15. kraplapMay 26, 2009 at 7:29 PM

    OK, here's mine:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kraplap/3565774627/

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  16. DandieMay 26, 2009 at 8:13 PM

    Hi everyone! Here's ours: http://dandiesetsyfinds.blogspot.com/2009/05/flickr-favourites_26.html

    Nice idea for a theme, Mitsy. Of course the Fibonacci sequence is part of the 'Fringe' plot as well - I'm addicted to that series!

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  17. SherryMay 26, 2009 at 9:21 PM

    Poor Mr. Winky:-(! He was such a great idea. Interesting info on the Fibonacci numbers.

    My mosaic is made up as usual by my favs. Also as usual, many of my favs have 4 feet: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinkknitter/3565660164/

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  18. DandieMay 26, 2009 at 9:52 PM

    Ja, ek het vriende in Nederland en het self die land twee keer besoek. Ek verstaan jul taal meer as wat julle myne verstaan!

    Some of my Dutch friends have trouble decoding my Afrikaans, since our language has a lot of words of Malaysian origin.

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  19. MeltemMay 26, 2009 at 10:09 PM

    Great mosaic Mitsy! Here is mine
    http://breezybead.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-favorites-on-flickr.html

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  20. susartoMay 27, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    fibonacci stuff is so interesting :)
    and i love your mosaic!
    my mosaic is here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/susarto/3566062710/

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