Category: Weaving
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Weaving and rope making
In the spring of 2024 we started working with artists Caroline Dear and Martha Orbach to explore the use of weaving and making cordage with plant fibres in our interventions. For thousands of years, natural fibres have been manipulated for making ropes, nets, and woven structures. Traditionally, this would have involved employing primarily fibres from…
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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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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…