Fibres for String
Anyone could take this technique and take it where they want to go - in their own direction.
Talking about when she was growing up Anna says “Out the back garden there were fields and wonderful things to explore and discover - and I come back to that. I come back to trees and plants for inspiration. And so I got on to making string which must be the oldest of the utilitarian crafts.”
She has been exploring making string with different materials creating a book with her ideas and experiments. She plans to use this knowledge to develop structures which capture air and light instead of being very densely enclosed forms. Part of this process is her new explorations in woven wire. “It’s such fun experimenting with different materials. Anyone could take this technique and take it where they want to in their own direction” she says.
In our film Anna demonstrates how to obtain fibres from plants in the garden and use them to make string.
In the accompanying film Anna talks about her string book and the different materials she has used in her experiments.
String Demonstration High Bandwidth Windows Media Version (10Mb)
String Demonstration Low Bandwidth Windows Media Version (5Mb)
String Explorations High Bandwidth Windows Media Version (10Mb)
String Explorations Low Bandwidth Windows Media Version (5Mb)
String Demonstration High Bandwidth QuickTime Version (10Mb)
String Demonstration Low Bandwidth QuickTime Version (5Mb)
String Explorations High Bandwidth QuickTime Version (10Mb)
String Explorations Low Bandwidth QuickTime Version (5Mb)
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