Silverthorne – Metaphoric Math

Posted on January 20, 2020January 20, 2020by Meta

Earlier this month, cartographer and competitive orienteer turned outdoor artist Simon Beck was in Colorado creating several large scale geometrical murals in the snow for the town of Silverthorne. These impermanent masterpieces are drawn by footsteps in snowshoes utilizing basic mathematics, a magnetic compass, rope, anchor, and ski poles to create symmetrical lines and circles. […]