Articles by Laura Taalman Laura TaalmanLaura is a professor of mathematics at James Madison University who makes things with mathematics, using 3D printing, crochet, weaving and vintage knitting machines. If they had any spare time they would probably use it to play Minecraft! laurataalman.com All articles by Laura On the cover: crochet, community and cellular automata13 November 2026Laura Taalman crafts algorithmically.