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Today I received a Google Scholar notification that my research was cited again, so in honor of that I'm sharing a few of my scarves with lemurs / monkeys in them. My research is in primate behavior, so any scarf release with a primate is very hard to say no to.
Ring-tailed lemurs in Animapolis
More ring-tailed lemurs and a what I think is some sort of guenon, a diverse group of Old World monkeys usually with a forehead patch of differently colored hair and pronounced eye rings. I like this particular colorway of Au Coeur de La Vie because the primates in it are in their most natural colors.
A sifaka in Cosmographia
A bushbaby in Jungle Love
A squirrel monkey in Lanternes, Ballons et Cocardes
This cute pair of squirrel monkeys in Rendez-vous Gallant
These gorgeous golden snub-nosed langurs in Sichuan. They really do have bright blue faces!
Hermès Story has a ring-tailed lemur, common marmoset (oustiti in French) AND a douc langur. A bonanza of primates!
It will surprise none of you that high on my wishlist for 2024 is a Savanna Dance - the one with the vervet monkey being chased by a leopard. In the story behind the design, it is said that in "Zulu culture, the leopard symbolises royalty, while the vervet monkey represents intelligence and wit." Vervet monkeys are one of the species of promate that has enjoyed an unusually long and intense study in the wild in which it was cleverly discovered the vervets have distinct alarm calls that are predator specific - so a particular call for leopards, a different one for snakes, and one only used for hawks / eagles. Each elicits a smart response in the troop so the monkeys know how to avoid that particular type of predator. The research is used as a model for how / why language may have developed. While not a language because they're not uttering sentences with syntax, they are essentially using a word which is really neat.
The twilly Savanna Dance with vervet monkey
Ring-tailed lemurs in Animapolis
More ring-tailed lemurs and a what I think is some sort of guenon, a diverse group of Old World monkeys usually with a forehead patch of differently colored hair and pronounced eye rings. I like this particular colorway of Au Coeur de La Vie because the primates in it are in their most natural colors.
A sifaka in Cosmographia
A bushbaby in Jungle Love
A squirrel monkey in Lanternes, Ballons et Cocardes
This cute pair of squirrel monkeys in Rendez-vous Gallant
These gorgeous golden snub-nosed langurs in Sichuan. They really do have bright blue faces!
Hermès Story has a ring-tailed lemur, common marmoset (oustiti in French) AND a douc langur. A bonanza of primates!
It will surprise none of you that high on my wishlist for 2024 is a Savanna Dance - the one with the vervet monkey being chased by a leopard. In the story behind the design, it is said that in "Zulu culture, the leopard symbolises royalty, while the vervet monkey represents intelligence and wit." Vervet monkeys are one of the species of promate that has enjoyed an unusually long and intense study in the wild in which it was cleverly discovered the vervets have distinct alarm calls that are predator specific - so a particular call for leopards, a different one for snakes, and one only used for hawks / eagles. Each elicits a smart response in the troop so the monkeys know how to avoid that particular type of predator. The research is used as a model for how / why language may have developed. While not a language because they're not uttering sentences with syntax, they are essentially using a word which is really neat.
The twilly Savanna Dance with vervet monkey
I’m a fan of science fiction, and one of my favorite stories is The Island of Dr Moreau, where said doctor experimented combining animal/human dna resulting in strange creatures (the Marlon Brando movie version is a can’t-miss for ‘what were they thinking?’)
So for odd dna combinations…
Wild Singapore (combining a lion and a fig tree)
Zebra Pegasus (for combining a zebra and a bird)
And Metamorphoses (for combining man and who knows what)
So for odd dna combinations…
Wild Singapore (combining a lion and a fig tree)
Zebra Pegasus (for combining a zebra and a bird)
And Metamorphoses (for combining man and who knows what)
Actually the birds morphing into fish is an Escher print and not a scarf - though it would be a cool scarf for sure! I think Eachers work may have been influenced by those amazing mazes and stairs in India(?); somewhere on the Ugo Gattoni thread there was a reference to the archaeological site which may have been also the basis for Les Bains.Thank you!!! Yes it was one of the original few that you were so kind to discuss with me. I put it by the wayside for awhile but your lovely mod shot stuck in my mind!
So charming and cute! Looks great.
So elegant and serene. Looks perfect with that beige … sweater? I am fascinated with the furry cuffs.
Absolutely spectacular!!! Looks great in that knot, I will have to try it. So happy to twin with you on this!
I love the greenish tone of that blue, and how cool it is that it was influenced by Escher?? Love that scarf where the birds are morphing into fish also.
This is my fav colorway of LdT I think. So stunning on you!
Beautiful FT!!! This design is so full of wonderful detail.
Haha, clever scarf for the theme!
You look beautiful and snuggly in both!!! Hope you were able to keep warm.
Yes stepwells in India were his inspiration.
Thank you @bunnycat @Lellabelle @Cordeliere @LKBNOLA @MabelJo @HermesEchidna @Croisette7 @Pirula @Nomad for the compliments on my Tresors! It’s a new favorite for sure.
Thank you kindly Jereni!Thank you!!! Yes it was one of the original few that you were so kind to discuss with me. I put it by the wayside for awhile but your lovely mod shot stuck in my mind!
So charming and cute! Looks great.
So elegant and serene. Looks perfect with that beige … sweater? I am fascinated with the furry cuffs.
I love the greenish tone of that blue, and how cool it is that it was influenced by Escher?? Love that scarf where the birds are morphing into fish also.
This is my fav colorway of LdT I think. So stunning on you!
Beautiful FT!!! This design is so full of wonderful detail.
Haha, clever scarf for the theme!
You look beautiful and snuggly in both!!! Hope you were able to keep warm.
I love all of these! (And I learned names I didn't know!)
Beautiful Snausages! You're wild Singapore in red with red top is a red symphony!!!
Dear Scarfies,
Today's pick is the fabulous Chevaloscope, perfectly fitting our STEM theme. Let's explore how four elements on this scarf - Cinematography, Hot Air Ballooning, Electric Guitar, and Bicycling - celebrate STEM:
1. Cinematography: It’s a fascinating blend of technology and art. The engineering behind cameras and the mathematics in editing techniques are core to creating cinematic magic. 🎞️🎥
2. Hot Air Balloon: Here, the principles of physics and engineering take flight.
3. Electric Guitar: This is where music meets technology. The electrical engineering involved in creating an electric guitar turns simple string vibrations into amplified sound. 🎶🎸
4. Bicycle: A pedal-powered marvel of physics and engineering.🚲
Let's enjoy the Chevaloscope and the wonderful world of STEM it represents!
Today's pick is the fabulous Chevaloscope, perfectly fitting our STEM theme. Let's explore how four elements on this scarf - Cinematography, Hot Air Ballooning, Electric Guitar, and Bicycling - celebrate STEM:
1. Cinematography: It’s a fascinating blend of technology and art. The engineering behind cameras and the mathematics in editing techniques are core to creating cinematic magic. 🎞️🎥
2. Hot Air Balloon: Here, the principles of physics and engineering take flight.
3. Electric Guitar: This is where music meets technology. The electrical engineering involved in creating an electric guitar turns simple string vibrations into amplified sound. 🎶🎸
4. Bicycle: A pedal-powered marvel of physics and engineering.🚲
Let's enjoy the Chevaloscope and the wonderful world of STEM it represents!
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your post. Congrats on the citation. Since I have all those scarfs & DH is a PhD biologist (alas, I studied Engineering) I will print off your descriptions of the primates and keep it to go with my scarfs. One of the most interesting posts I've ever read on tpf. Thanks.
This is SO COOL. I mean, I like monkeys, but WOW… you really like monkeys!!!! I mean, er, primates. And agree, your post (and associated research) are wonderfully insightful - thank you for sharing!!!
‘Alas,’ my A$$!!!! We enginerds apply the science! Glad to have a sister here scarfie-engineer here!
Such a pretty bow knot with Les triplets and interesting origami information.So much creativity with the first two themes of the year. Loving everyone’s contributions. Thank you @bunnycat and @HermesEchidna for leading the charge. I never got to post last week and would love to add my one, late. The top scarf I thought of relating to week 1 with levity was the fun loving rascals on Les Triples. It is just a happy making scarf to me. I saw some other scarfies had the same thoughts. And @Living.la.vida.fifi where are those black and white striped stand boxes located in Paris? I would love to go visit there this summer.
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And @Pirula reminded me about the connections we can make with family and scarves, AND science/math haha. My son is also studying stem in college. I bought metamorphose d’un carre because of the origami on it and my son’s love of origami. It requires precise folding and, at times, a lengthy blueprint of folds to get them just right, along with math for the right proportions. There are also tools used when you get real serious so your folds are perfect.
Most kids first foray into paper folding is with paper airplanes. A time honored science experiment in schools to measure who can get their paper airplane to travel the furthest. My son’s school did at least.
I know there was a recent scarf design with a bunch of paper airplanes on it! In a corner?? If anyone can remember which design it was I would greatly appreciate it!! In fact if I think about it there are a couple I have seen in the whimsical design category that have paper airplanes on it.
So here is my gav. I usually wear gavs in my hair. And here is my tattoo tribute to my son. I have another origami tattoo on the way on my leg.
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There was an exhibition on origami in 1959 called “Plane Geometry and Fancy Figures," which was held in the United States, taking place at The Cooper Union in New York. So right there is a math connection to origami.
Here is some amazing origami art.
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Here is more Hermes origami on the new Flagship design
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NERD ALERT— And my last nerding out on science, math and origami is about a club at MIT called OrigaMIT. My son was obsessed. The club had a project making a 3D Menger Sponge from business cards. The Menger sponge is a fractal curve. It is a three-dimensional generalization of the one-dimensional Cantor set and two-dimensional sierpinski carpet.
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For those in UK, the MegaMenger project to make 20 separate level 3 Menger sponges across the world from business cards and eventually connect them for a level 4 was started at Queen Mary University in London. OrigaMIT has one level 3 on display.
Call me crazy but wasn’t there a scarf with a menger sponge on it? Didn’t we talk about this on a sotd thread?? I’ll have to do a search.
Soooo long story short..origami’s connection to math and science on my Gav, and cocotttes de soie, and I am sure on many other designs I am not thinking of. But would love a list if anyone finds origami on their scarf. I might have to do a separate thread asking for scarfies origami finds
Cocottes de soie too
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Awesome intro, and thank you for showing us so many cool and beautiful silks and fun details as well as for giving us great perspectives for the theme!Good morning Scarflandia!
Thank You to @bunnycat for hosting the ‘chaos week’ of funny and happy scarves and to all of you for sharing your lovely scarves. It is an uplifting way to begin the new year!
This is my first time hosting a theme, so please bear with me and forgive any ommissions or mistakes of tpr functionality and content. Also I do this on my phone, so spelling mistakes and auto”correct” might occur. Also I tend to write too long…
One of the ‘excuses’/reasons I give myself for indulging in collecting scarves is the potential relevance and meaning of their motives. Having worked and studied cross-dicipline of natural science and history my entire Life, especially scarves with such mixed content intrigues me, and I hope you will join me in exploring that this week.
Finding narratives or traces of STEM - science, technology, engenering and mathematics - in Hermes scarves is easy, especially if the subject it widened to it’s full extent - the entire range of Scientific fields and the historic development of human Endeavour to understand and shape the world.
I will try to present a bouquet of examples this week with a new angle each day, but as my collection does definetely not hold all the great manifestations of stem scarves which exist I look so much forward to see and enjoy all your contribution.
And please, please remember that all sotds are welcome - in Scarflandia everything is on topic because scarves IS the topic. Themes are just the sprinkle on the icing.
I want to begin the week with an assortment of examples. And I start in the now of modern tech, with the computer game inspired Super Silk Quest by Elias Kofouros.
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Other designs inspired by digital tech and computers is The Game by the same designer , and we also find some bears (or Apes?) with a gameboy on Nothing but a Dreamer by Mayliss Vigouroux.
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Another direct use of tech equipment in scarves is the x-ray image of Please Check in, by Dimitri Rybaltchenko And there are several other designs related to photo and film technology like Photo Fisnish and Sequences. Please let us see these, and other examples!
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Nothing but a Dreamer also feature whales. Whales were hunted to near extinction in the 16-19th centuries for their blubber and oil to be used for especially fuel for lamps. The Discovery of how to use gas and electricity instead fortunately relieved the stress on whales, but changed a lot more! No doubt the electric and digital revolution has altered our lifes and the State of the Planet in general to extent we do probably not yet understand. But it has also literally enlightened us. Let me see scarves of lightbulbs, neon, lampposts, sparks and beams - all the modern Electric stuff, while I myself stay Old School with more whales and some Lanterns.
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Some Dallet Whales
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Katie Scott: Lanternes, Ballons, et Cocardes
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Preparing for the week, I did not have much luck in finding good examples of maths in my own collection - expect for the eternal counting of scarves, and ignoring the costs- but I know they must be there so please also give us some of your creative examples of Math as well to fire up the week.
My only slightly mathematical scarf is Les Douze Leopards (also know as the Double Leopardy - so in fact there are 2 x 12 = 24 leopards) - which even feature an abacus for us to check our calculations on!
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Les Douze Leopards (Jin Kwon)
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Wish you all a great Day - The Stem story continues tomorrow !
Oh wow! Yes! It works for the theme! I love this design
Oh that is awesome! A historic day and you had the perfect scarf to celebrate!Hi
A quick off topic sotd - me and my scarf twin/neighbour airing our Grand Carosse Royals to mark the queens abdication and celebrate the new King.
We felt very royal, but I will spare you the photo where we are waving to an imaginary cheering crowd
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Yay! It is fantabulous!
Such a great post! How exciting to be in NOLA at this time of the year! I love the understated elegance of Petit Duc and this is probably my favorite CW
Oh my gosh, so many delightful details! Love your CW
Each very different but so great!
Wonderful example! Love Vinci in the moussie formatWhat a fantastic post and start for this week HE!!!! Love all your selections and what a technology find on that Dreamer scarf! And Double Leopardy -now there's reason to "need" a scarf....
I do have some math to share for this week, it just happens.
Here's one I wore sometime last week (or maybe it was the week before...it all blurs together when you work at home).
One of my first mousselines was a 90cm called Vinci by Francoise Heron, which was based on this labyrinth and geometric knot design from Leonardo da Vinci. And of course, da Vinci was not only a master artist, but also made many many scientific and mathematic geometry explorations in his work. I don't recall enough of my art history, but I think it would be a safe bet much of his work in perspective was based in mathematical precision. A true blend of the art and sciences.
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Wood engraving on paper of da Vinci's Labyrinth design from the late 1400s.
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Magnificent CW of a glorious designThank you to all gracious hosts for making my Sunday mornings fun! as the first timer posting my sotd on this thread, I am very excited! and, hopefully, I am with today's theme. My sotd is Le Pegase d' Hermes au bloc 140 silk by Christian Renonciat, in blue azur/vert/rose. the original Le Pegase d' Hermes scarf design is described as "a mechanical construction, a tribute to Leonardo da Vinci and the dream of building a new word." In my mind it's a tribute to STEM themenot to mention, it's one of my favorite H scarf designs to date.
When I think of the week’s theme, this one comes to mind first… Love being york twin
In purple! Love this
So wonderful and beautifully styled down to the last detail
Love this one so much! Great CW
Gaaah! Simply gorgeous
It was miserable, cold and snowy all day today so there was not much scarf wearing. So from the archives - L’Epopee d’Hermes.
This lovely design has modern forms of engineering & transportation depicted:
And is celebrating travel and exploration:
This lovely design has modern forms of engineering & transportation depicted:
And is celebrating travel and exploration:
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