Basket weaving master Esmé Hofman and Amandine David are both interested in the process of knowledge transfer from the perspective of their own discipline. How are knowledge and experience transmitted nowadays, at a time of increasing digitalisation, and how are implicit knowledge, bodily experiences and understanding of materials preserved in the process? Meshes explore how parametric design and basket weaving can challenge each other. By digitally generating guiding structures the goal is to facilitate big scale weaving and the intuitive exploration of a new repertoire of shapes, reacting on the natural flexibility of the fibers. This hybrid technique stimulates playful learning approach toward basket weaving while being a research tool that can be applied to fields such as design, architecture, fashion, etc.
Project developped in collaboration with Esmé Hofman
Digital manufacturing assisted by: Léonore Durand
Computational design: Claire Kail, Sebastiaan Leenknegt
Video animation: François Zajéga
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