The third movement, based on a simple, repeating string figure, could be a parody of Minimalism except that there is so much else going on.
Cat's cradle is a well known series of string figures.
He then goes on to defend the research invested in the unpromising amusement of string figures.
Constanze says rising string figures in the second movement corresponded to her cries from the other room.
Behind a young couple nearest the corner desk stood Elena's youngest brother, working string figures on his fingers.
The group's site does not focus on instructions for making string figures, though it links to sites that do.
Other members watch for string figures in the media.
He was experimenting with computer animation just as his young nieces and nephews were learning string figures.
Cat's cradle is a well known series of string figures created between two people as a game.
His fingers made the string figure called a 'cat's cradle.'
