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