Thinking about containment for my habitat project, I was interested in the structure and construction of this woven basket. It's a container and it is weaved from a naturally occurring fibre. It was something to bear in mind for my own project. Unfortunately I didn't note the artists name.
Another container. A basket with no sides.
The Loewe Foundation Prize winning entry by Jeong Dahye is a basket made of horsehair, woven using a hat making technique that is 500 years old. I am fascinated by how horsehair has the strength to hold the shape of the basket. I assume that is to do with the technique and structure which must create some tension in the fibres.
This piece against the window, reminded me of my homemade paper.In this piece, by Claire Malet I thought it was clever to use plastic from milk cartons and aluminium from cans, to create leaf shapes and collage them together to create a matted leaf carpet, like you might find on a woodland walk. The 3 discs were titled 'Tread Lightly'.
This exhibit 'Sargassum Tide' by Louise Frances grabbed my attention mainly because of it's featured component and title as this was the subject of my son's dissertation for his Master's Degree. Sargasssum is an invasive Japanese seaweed encroaching the coastal space of Britain. I was fascinated at how the artist had created a new medium with which to form shapes and bowls, stitched together in a giant mass. The invention and process of creating a new product takes time, effort and patience and is something I can relate to in my own plant paper making process.
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