Category: Materials
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Felted Rockpools
These felted rockpools have been designed by Keith Torrance and textile artist Shirley Torrance. Prototypes were produced by participants to a wet felting workshop ran by Shirley in November 2023 at Lancaster University. The rockpools were then taken to the University of Strathclyde where they were treated with MiCP. In December, the calcified rockpools were…
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Willow Turtleshells
These willow mounds have been designed in collaboration with Lancaster-based basket maker Amy Gunawan, and have been produced during workshops with residents and members of local craft groups in Lancaster and Hest Bank. The purpose of these mounds is to trap low level sediments that move during tidal cycles. The mounds are intended to be…
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Knitted Barnacles
Once enhanced through a biomineralisation process (MICP), these knitted barnacles can be used as breakwave but also to provide shelter to marine organisms living in intertidal areas during periods of low tide. The instructions in the knitting pattern below are for creating a modular honeycomb structure which can be adapted to the specific site in…
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Architecture Between the Tides (pilot workshop)
Architecture between the tides was a 3-day workshop delivered as part of the Lancaster School of Architecture’s summer school (5-9 June 2023). This workshop introduced architecture students to the context of intertidal areas, as shifting landscapes and sites of complex multispecies interactions. In this workshop, we discussed and experimented with ways in which architecture can…