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  • string figures
    • why string figures
      • introduction of the hands
      • The Importance of Precision Hands
      • A brief description of how to get started
      • How string figures help to learn
      • why the hands
      • what about the strings
      • How string figures teach a young person self confidence
      • lecture at st. peters university, jersey city, nj, 11-1-14
    • a developmental approach to learning string figures
      • what knots to like
      • the diamond system of figures
        • osage two diamonds
        • one, three, four, five, six and seven diamonds
        • osage four diamonds
        • storing two diamonds and then adding more
        • two other techniques
        • more complex figures
        • a topological inquiry
      • ten men figures
        • how I learned string figures beginning with the ten men figure
        • prototype ten men
        • creating simple variations of the ten men figure
        • more simple variations of ten men
        • first 100 ten men figures
        • introduction to non-simple weaves
        • even more universes
        • logic systems
        • more logic systems
        • alternate endings
        • symmetry considerations in the ten men system
        • creating three dimensional variations
      • north american indian figures
        • introduction to north american indian figures
        • inuit net
        • navajo many stars
        • klamath net
        • comparing the three north american indian nets
        • simple variations with loom alterations
        • simple variations with weave alterations
        • switching systems and inverse weaves
        • rolling the figure
        • altering the extension phase
        • advanced north american net figures
      • vertical nets and tennis nets
        • introduction to vertical nets and tennis nets
        • learning to weave the vertical net
        • hybrid vertical nets
        • reproducing a weave artificially
        • simple braided three loop figures
        • a circle notation for recording loop passages
        • the 4 loop tennis net
        • 4 loop tennis net variations
        • cherokee 7 stars in a 4 loop environment
        • 5 loop tennis nets
        • cherokee 7 stars in a 5 loop environment
        • hybrid tennis nets and vertical nets
        • dominant exchanges and dominant switches
        • american eagle figure
        • 3 loop tennis net
      • opening theory
        • 2 loop and 3 loop openings
        • forming the canonical figure
        • asymmetry
    • string figure images
      • blue dancers rome 2013
      • dance sculptures
      • may red dancers
      • orange dancers
      • jeff wang murphy portraits
      • giant knot figures
      • robin moore la guardia murphy portraits
      • sacred clowns 1
      • sacred clowns 10
      • sacred clowns 11
      • sacred clowns 2
      • sacred clowns 3
      • sacred clowns 4
      • sacred clowns 5
      • sacred clowns 6
      • sacred clowns 7
      • sacred clowns 8
      • sacred clowns 9
      • robin moore la guardia student portraits
      • other murphy string figure portraits
      • figures mounted on boards
      • other la guardia students
      • prep for prep students
      • more prep for prep students
      • even more prep for prep students
      • strange string figure sightings
    • string figure articles
      • snippets of complex figures 4 loops
      • snippets of complex figures 5 loops
      • isfa articles
      • other string figure articles
      • heart figures
    • string figure videos
      • diamonds section
        • diamonds
        • jacob’s ladder
      • inuit net
        • cherokee seven star
        • inuit fish net
        • inuit net system
        • inuit two bears
      • klamath net
      • native american system
        • murphy’s logo
        • native american system (p)
      • navajo many stars
        • navaho many stars
        • navajo release
        • more navajo release figures
      • new videos
      • ten men section
        • ten men system – a b and c weaves
        • ten men system – d and e weaves
        • ten men system – A, B and C universes
        • ten men alternate logic systems 1
        • dancing diamond
        • jaguar mask
        • first five pointed star
        • second five pointed star
      • tennis nets
        • 3 loop tennis net
        • 4 loop tennis net
        • abstract 3 loop iterative system 2
        • abstract 4 loop iterative system 1
        • abstract 4 loop iterative system 2
        • abstract 4 loop iterative system 3
        • abstract 5 loop iterative system 1
        • abstract 5 loop iterative system 2
        • openings and dominant switches
        • center complexities with dominant switches
        • dominant switches and dominant transfers
        • 4 loop dominant switches and dominant transfers
        • first six 4 loop double dominant hearts
        • long string 4 loop double inuit hole
      • vertical net
      • special videos
        • chirality and the american eagle
        • exhibit at the school of fine arts, lyon, france, 2012
        • koi fish and asymmetry
        • opening theory 1
        • special string figure videos
        • string extravaganza
  • poetry
    • murphy poetry
      • grandfather rattlesnake
      • murphy’s rattlesnakes
      • murphy’s rooster pen
      • my father’s memoirs
      • rattlesnake nest
    • chinese translation
      • du fu
        • cross reference for du fu poetry
        • murphy’s du fu von zach I
        • murphy’s du fu von zach II
        • murphy’s du fu von zach III
        • murphy’s du fu von zach IV
        • murphy’s du fu von zach V
        • murphy’s du fu von zach VI
        • murphy’s du fu von zach VII
        • murphy’s du fu von zach VIII
        • murphy’s du fu von zach IX
        • murphy’s du fu von zach X
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XI
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XII
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XIII
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XIV
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XV
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XVI
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XVII
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XVIII
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XIX
        • murphy’s du fu von zach XX
      • wen siang
        • murphy’s wen siang
      • han shan
        • murphy’s han shan
      • li tai bo
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach I
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach II
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach III
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach IV
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach V
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach VI
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach VII
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach VIII
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach IX
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach X
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XI
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XII
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XIII
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XIV
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XV
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XVI
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XVII
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XVIII
        • murphy’s li tai bo van zach XIX
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XX
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XXI
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XXII
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XXIII
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XXIV
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XXV
        • murphy’s li tai bo von zach XXX
      • ruan ji
        • murphy’s ruan ji
      • tao qian
        • murphy’s tao qian
      • bai ju yi
        • murphy’s bai ju yi later years 000s
        • murphy’s bai ju yi later years 100s
        • murphy’s bai ju yi later years 200s
        • murphy’s bai ju yi later years 300s
        • murphy’s bai ju yi poems of middle age
      • other chinese
        • a small story of one chinese poem
        • murphy’s mandarins
        • my chinese poet friends
      • han yu
        • murphy’s han yu von zach VII
    • other translations
      • murphy’s rumi
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new videos

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sacred circle

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crisscross diamonds

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bird’s nest

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celtic tapestry

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female eel

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net

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shark throat

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two killer whales

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