Wectar - Arts - Crafts - String Figures

	WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures URL: http://www.alysion.org/string.htm ODP description: Instructions using string figure notation and prose descriptions, along with diagrams and some video clips. Features twelve beginner-level figures, followed by others of increasing difficulty, and a directory of performers. Page description: How to make string figures--described and illustrated: Cat's Cradle, Jacob's Ladder, and many other favorites.
	String Figure Mathematics (or Trivial Knot Theory) URL: http://website.lineone.net/~m.p/sf/menu.html ODP description: A mathematical analysis of string figures. Theorems, examples, illustrations and conjectures on patterns created with an unknotted string. Page title: The Survival, Origin and Mathematics of String Figures
	International String Figure Association URL: http://www.isfa.org/isfa.htm ODP description: The ISFA works to gather, preserve, and distribute string figure knowledge for future generations to enjoy this ancient pastime. They have a list of publications, an invitation to become a member, a mailing list, and links to related web sites. Of particular interest are the detailed instructions for making figures collected in 1924 by Diamond Jenness in the Canadian Arctic. Page description: Since 1978 members of the International String Figure Association have been working hard to gather, preserve and distribute string figure knowledge so that future generations will continue to enjoy this ancient pastime. Our publications include Bulletin of the ISFA, published annually, String Figure Magazine, issued quarterly, and ISFA News, published semi-annually.
	Strings On Your Fingers URL: http://www.gardendigest.com/string/index.htm ODP description: Michael P. Garofalo does presentations on string figures art, and performances of string figures, catches, and tricks in Northern California and Southern Oregon. Includes a recommended reading list and bibliography for string figures. Page title: Strings on Your Fingers:Â String Figures, Tricks, Catches, Designs, Cat's Cradle
	String Figures URL: http://www.whimsical-workshop.mb.ca/string.html ODP description: Brian Cox, the Incredible Stringman, tells a story called "Going Fishing" illustrated with string figures. Photos and text of his performance. Page description: Brian Cox, the Incredible Stringman's Whimsical Workshop. Origami and String Figure workshops.
	Rain Forest String Figures From Guyana URL: http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1414/guy.htm ODP description: Photographs taken on a canoe trip along the upper Essequibo River in extreme southern Guyana. Some of the Wai Wai and Wapishana guides and boatmen demonstrated a few string figures for the author. Page title: wwirt's Home Page
	String Figures and Shamanism URL: http://www.huna.org/html/string.html ODP description: An essay by Lois Stokes, with speculations on the role of string figures in Hawaiian culture.
	Me Human, You Alien URL: http://www.magicdragon.com/EmeraldCity/extraterrestrials/alien1.html ODP description: How to talk to an extraterrestrial, using a handful of coins, a loop of string, a flashlight, and two magnets. This is an excerpt from a book entitled "The Handbook of UFO Contact" by Jonathan Vos Post. Page title: EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA
	Yahoo! Groups Stringfigures URL: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stringfigures/ ODP description: Registered members of this group are interested in describing and illustrating string figures for publication on the web at WWW Collection of Favorite String Figures. They are also developing a system of string figure notation (SFN). Page title: stringfigures : String Figure Contributors Page description: stringfigures: String Figure Contributors