Directory of String Figures Resources

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String figures or string games are popular with many indigenous cultures throughout the world, from the Arctic to Australia, all around the Pacific, and in Africa. They are typically performed by one person, or two, as in the game of "Cat's Cradle", using a single loop of string. Often they are made one following another, while singing or telling a story.

Resources in This Category

• How to do Cat's Cradle

  http://www.ifyoulovetoread.com/book/chten_cats1105.htm
  Step by step instructions with photographs.

• International String Figure Association

  http://www.isfa.org/
  Background information with instructions for making traditional Inuit figures.

• Kids Guide to Easy String Figures

  http://www.alysion.org/figures/introkids.htm
  Descriptions, illustrations and video clips showing how to make basic figures.

• String Figures

  http://www.whimsical-workshop.mb.ca/string.html
  Brian Cox, the Incredible Stringman, tells a story called "Going Fishing" illustrated with string figures. Photos and text of his performance.

• String Figures

  http://www.frontiernet.net/~steve_glimpse/stringar.html
  Animated instructions for making Jacob's Ladder, Walking Sticks and Two Mountains and a Stream.

• The Mathematics and Origin of String Figures

  http://website.lineone.net/~m.p/sf/menu.html
  An advanced discussion of their history and theory with instructions for making new designs by the author, Martin Probert.

 

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