Final presentation Fiber Fever Summercamp

Based on 3 challenges, together with a team of coaches from different design and engineering institutions, we invited the participants to develop concepts and machines for this years Fiber Fever Summercamp. 

Inspired by the beauty of the braiding, the makers explore meaning, colour, techniques and materials. 

Discover how a 3D printer can be transformed into a braiding machine. How parametric design is used to adjust colors and patterns. How the object of braiding can become a ritualized of social and participatory act.

On August 30, at 18:00, they will present their work. 

Intertwined

In search for balance between modern and traditional ways of craft performing, we find answers in togetherness. How can a yarn tell a story of belonging and how can it be spun in a collective performance of a traditional craft? During this research we look for ways of interdependence between actors of craft performance. We wonder if a tool can become a facilitator of such action, requiring communal participation instead of individual efficiency.

Participants: Teresa Carvalheira, Julija Česnulaitytė

Project Page: Intertwined

Abitino

Inspired by the tradition of wear protection objects in different human cultures, Abitino is a research project that questions the relationship we have with the objects and the meaning they have in our life. Playing with shape and scale, how can we braid a void shape or fill it with objects we have a connection with. 

Participants: Antonella Valerio, Agatha Prieto Jeanty

Project Page: Abitino

The Colored Thread

The colored Thread is about how color facilitate insight into different braiding techniques. Defined parameters that are executed in a structured way form the basis for the research process.

Participants:Magdalena Sophie Orland, Annelies Clerix

 

Jacquard Braiding Machine

With traditional braiding machines, the braiding track is determined mechanically and fixed to a single configuration. What kind of machine could allow constant reconfiguration and experimentation with the movement of the spools? With Jacquard Braiding machine an out-of-use 3D-printer is reconfigured to create a platform for free experimentation.

Participants: Lou Cruard, Maximilian Ernestus

Project Page: Jacquard Braiding Machine