New Designers

My work on display at New Designers, Part 1, 29th June - 2nd July 2011.

Business Design Centre, Islington, London.

Photograph courtesy of Martin Smith.

Preview Night

Thanks to all who attended the opening night.

Photos courtesy of Jim Lockwood.

Final Major Piece

The piece is all installed now and is being marked.

The Show opens on Friday 17th June and is open until Friday 24th May 2011.

Installation

I have been installing my final piece in the exhibition space this week.

The work is in 3 parts where people are invited to walk in and around each piece.

It has been dramatically lit by spotlights.

Preview is Friday 17th June, 7-9pm.

The show opens to the public on Saturday 18th - Friday 24th June.

Adding the knit

Building the Frame

The Plan

These drawings are to help me work out the composition.

The Last Project

The start of my final major piece.

Postcards arrived!

The promotional postcards that we have had printed for the Sample show arrived.

The 'promo group' accepted delivery and were very excited opening the boxes.

Black & White

Le Creative Sweatshop

Le Creative Sweatshop is a creative studio based in Paris at the crossroads of fashion, design, contemporary art, and architecture♦ Le Creative Sweatshop has developed its world around fixed and dynamic works of volume.

http://www.lecreativesweatshop.com/about.html

Project Space

Sample Photo Shoot

Tensile knit

Here is a piece that I knitted on the Shima Seiki using nylon monofilament and elastic.

I then dyed it in turmeric.

And then built a wooden frame in which I intend to stretch the knitted construction.

This piece will be photographed for the Sample Catalogue.

DORA KELEMEN

Angel - These paper pieces by Dora Kelemen look as if they have been created from bun cases with holes cut out of the bottom!

Below are images from her Diploma Project - Translucent Puffy Jacket.

http://www.dorakelemen.com/

Photo Shoot Venue

The venue for our Sample photo shoot is a church.  I wanted a domestic setting for my knitting so I chose this serving hatch that opens up onto a dinky little kitchen.  I am in the process of knitting a piece that will stretch across the serving hatch and back into the kitchen, hopefully you will be able to catch glimpses of the kitchen setting through the knit.

Nora Fok

Cloud Nylon
The Jewellery of Nora Fok
22 January 2011 - 20 March 2011
The first ever retrospective exhibition tour by the extraordinary jeweller, textile artist and 3D designer Nora Fok at the Harley Gallery, near Worksop.
Nora Fok’s jewellery is crafted from very fine nylon microfilament, which she knits, knots, plaits and weaves by hand to make jewellery that is inspired by complex mathematics, geometry and the patterns in nature.

UV Sound Wave

This is my latest piece that I have installed in the Project Space today.

The rings are knitted in white fine count yarn and nylon monofilament.

The amazing colour is due to the Ultra-Violet lighting.

Exhale Pavillion

Exhale Pavillion at Art Basel Miami Beach by architects Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem.

Phu Hoang and Rachely Rotem Studios came together to build this beautiful work of art constructed of seven miles of reflective and phosphorescent ropes. Designed to interact with its environment, the ropes move with the breeze and even glow depending on the wind speed. Some ropes have sensors at human height so visitors can blow on them to see that section light up!

The design uses both reflective and phosphorescent ropes to create a dynamic and interactive environment that will sway and glow at night.