Maria's Wiggly Spiral:

This space curve was produced using the following Maple commands:

> x:=(1+1/10*sin(Pi*t))*cos(t)-sin(t);
> y:=(1+1/10*cos(12*t))*sin(t);
> z:=t/4/Pi;

              x := (1 + 1/10 sin(Pi t)) cos(t) - sin(t)


                   y := (1 + 1/10 cos(12 t)) sin(t)


                                      t
                            z := 1/4 ----
                                      Pi

> with(plots):
> spacecurve([x,y,z],t=0..8*Pi,numpoints=1000,
>   axes='NORMAL',scaling='CONSTRAINED',
>   thickness=2,orientation=[45,75]);