A printout with a 2D grid showing a symmetrical cross-crossy sort of weaving draft pattern.

Textile dimensions

Lately I’ve been exploring 8-shaft weaving trying some things inspired by Laura Devendorf, focussing on ‘crackle weave’ using the AdaCAD … More

Order and tension

After my previous warping catastrophe, I started again with some fresh yarn (I’m not sure if I’ll be able to … More

Grey yarn on a wooden warping board.

Warping catastrophe

I’ve made the below crackle weave design in AdaCAD, but have run out of ‘warp’ threads on my loom, and … More

More crackle weave

I’ve been having fun trying to understand crackle weave more, after weaving one of Ralph Griswold’s algorithmically generated patterns. It’s … More

Bitfield weaving

Continuing the weaving theme I was happy to see that Laura Devendorf has not only included the ‘bitfield’ feature I … More

Exploring 8 shaft weaving

After a bit of time off from weaving after the PENELOPE project, it was great to visit Kristina Andersen, Pei-Ying … More

How generative art works

I’m fascinated with this video: At the start Sylvie Rasch shows a sock that she says is completely done by … More

Research products

I’ve been enjoying the idea of “research products” as opposed to “research prototypes”. Prototypes are understood as a partially working … More

Tanglebots

I had the whole day at Wybourn Community Primary last Monday, working with a class of year 4s to make tanglebots. … More

PENELOPE

I’ve just realised that I haven’t posted here about my new job. I have left my post as research/teaching fellow in … More