Show HN: Algorithmic String Art, accessible to all

stupid question: how does this algorithm work?

curious what algorithm drives the string placement. looks like epicycles or harmonograph but id need to dig in to tell. the accessibility part is what catches me - most of these stay in processing/p5 land

Utterly fascinating. I could play with this for hours.

Reminds me a bit of generative images using basic shapes (triangles, ellipses, etc) by Fogleman [1] - but ofcourse this is different.

[1]: https://github.com/fogleman/primitive