If I am the machine, what can I do that an industrial braiding machine cannot?
The freedom in hand braiding allows materials to be transformed into objects through measured choices in colour, texture and composition.
A research project to explore the tactile and expressive qualities of combined materials using the hand braiding technique of Kumihimo. A focus on the interplay between the mechanical approach to design and the intuitive approach where you can evoke a feeling and emotion. Exploring the duality of these approaches allows access into the potential of materials, colours, functions and forms that lay dormant.
The freedom in hand braiding allows materials to be transformed into objects through measured choices in colour, texture and composition.
A research project to explore the tactile and expressive qualities of combined materials using the hand braiding technique of Kumihimo. A focus on the interplay between the mechanical approach to design and the intuitive approach where you can evoke a feeling and emotion. Exploring the duality of these approaches allows access into the potential of materials, colours, functions and forms that lay dormant.