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TIMESCAPE X LA VILLE TEMPORAIRE symbolische objecten een onderzoek, een proces van producten en technieken die verbinden en verweven

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La Ville Temporaire deconstructs and reassembles individual expressions of heritage into a new vibrant network

FLUFFY YARNS A lot of orange and grey tassels result in a fluffy dot of yarns. Creating a shape using fringes. I’ve seen the dot shape a lot at the Dutch Design Week 2016 and used it as an inspiration for this piece

fluffy yarns

BRAIDED SISAL WEAVE Discovering the hair-like qualities of sisal by braiding and weaving it through a handwoven weave. A combination of sisal and cotton yarns. This piece is all about connecting, intertwining and movement.

braided sisal weave

‘‘A closely woven world, a vibrant

community defined by ties of blood and sustained by threads of friendship

HERRINGBONE BRAIDS Three sisal herringbone braids. The stiffness of the sisal makes that the textile curls up. There is a contrast between the natural sisal fibres and the bright orange cotton yarn.

herringbone braids

‘‘A gathering of

diverse expertises, energies, interpretations and conversations as a twisting-together of manifold strands Tamar Shafrir, Macguffin no3

CONNECTING THE DOTS Three wooden rings connected through orange yarns. Tassels in different shades of orange are attached to the outermost rings. Creating the possibility of a threedimensional object by changing the position of the rings.

connecting the dots

‘‘A temporary

metropolis; a shared philosophy, a vibrant network connecting individuals, manifested through communal effort Burning Man Festival

TASSELS A tassel divided in different tassels. Connecting different threads into one. It’s symbolic for the connection between people, creating a network of stories and backgrounds.

tassels

‘‘Each thread has a

unique story, rooted in different traditions

HANDLE IT Sisal tassels attached to a wooden ring and connected through a bright orange yarn. This object could turn into a handle of a bag or maybe even an bracelet. The black stripes and dots are drawn by hand, creating a pattern on the natural sisal.

handle it

‘‘Creating coöperation and collaboration;

to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces and methods of communications that support such interaction One of the 10 principles of the Burning Man Festival

CIRCLE Braided sisal is woven through a cotton handmade weave. Creating a network and intertwining the circle and the rectangle. The floats in the weave are creating a pattern as well.

circle

‘‘We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny Martin Luther King

SISAL SUN Sisal tassels tied around a wooden ring. The ring connects the two woven pieces made out of white and orange cotton. The circle stands for connecting and bringing together different parties.

sisal sun

‘‘A collaborative

endeavour, bringing together people with different backgrounds, interests, outlooks and skills Burning Man Festival

SISAL OBJECT Big herringbone braids used in a weave result in a curled up object. Intertwining and connecting lines are creating a network, a neverending web.

sisal object

‘‘A network: single fibres into threads,

thread into yarn, yarn into rope and fabric Christopher Nemeth, Macguffin no3

KNOTS Connecting different stories, different lines and threads by using a crochet technique

knots

‘‘The story of the loop and the knot draws attention to the mundane, affective, personal and yet profoundly mathematical nature of binding which shapes ways of thinking Susanne Kuchler, Binding in the Pacific

BRAIDED ROAD A wavy braid connected to an object by using a crochet technique

braided road

‘‘For the most part

the making of threads is a human specialty, depending as it does on dexterous movements of the hands Tim Ingold

CROCHET CORDS The knots in the crocheted cords are connecting them together. They make ties that bind. Inspired by the khipu of the Inca empire where knots served as a system of counting and bookkeeping

crochet cords

‘‘Threading, twisting and knotting of fibres were among the most ancient of human arts, from which all else was derived, including both building and textiles Gottfried Semper

DESTROYED KNIT A failed attempt to make a perfect knitting sample turned out to be a beautiful object. The loops add a threedimensionality and are in contrast with the graphic bright orange stripe.

destroyed knit

‘‘The chains of

heritage and tradition are melting together into a new network made of many strands and textures.

TALISMAN A combination of crocheting, wooden rings and tassels. It looks like a little object, a talisman or a charm.

talisman

‘‘The knot which

is visible as negative space reflects thus upon a connection with an ancestral domain that is created through ritualised forgetting Susanne Kuchler, Binding in the Pacific

SILKSCREEN PRINT A combination of silkscreenprinting and stitching. Different lines in all shapes and sizes are combined in one print.

‘West’, the rhythm of pattern remains less art than craft.

Decorative. Elsewhere though, such repetition sounds the music of the spheres. It echoes the spiritual realm like a meditational chant, reflects it like a mandala. It is religious art Gary van Wyk

silkscreen print

‘‘Today, in the

MULTI WEAVE A handmade weave connects different materials, found in secondhand stores.

Every material has its own story, it used to belong to another object. The weave is the connecting network.

multi weave

‘‘It deconstructs and

reassembles individual expressions of heritage into a new vibrant network Teresa Mendler, DDW 2016

RAFFIA Braided raffia cords that used to be woven into a placemat. I found the placemats in a secondhand store, ripped them apart and crocheted the cords into a knotted cord. Demontage and montage, creating a network, connecting the cords.

raffia

‘‘To hold the massive rope, one could feel the

heft and image the tales of its odyssey. Wound tightly in its fibres rested a kind of power, a potential energy for coupling something huge to something unknown Zachary Ross

RAFFIA WALL HANGING A placemat bought in a secondhand store, ripped apart and turned into a wall hanging.

raffia wall hanging

‘‘Deconstruction

and reconstruction.

Reclaiming disused and unwanted objects.

DOT DOT DOT Embroidered dots surrounded by screeprinted circles. A mosaĂŹc of material and shapes.

dot dot dot

‘‘Embroidery is, in

fact, a kind of mosaic in threads, modeled on the techniques used by the menfolk to make fishing nets Tim Ingold, Transformations of the Line

CUT OUTS A cut out pattern used as a way to connect materials. The cut out parts are stitched to the textile, they are turned into loops.

cut outs

‘‘The Saami people would traditionally

describe each pattern as a word and the cutting of the marks as an act of writing Tim Ingold, Transformations of the Line

APPLIQUE A combination of weaving, silkscreen prnting, embroidery and an applique. Creating a pattern by layering techniques.

applique

KNITTED ROUTE Sisal fibres woven through a knitted piece. The lines form a path, a route, a journey. It almost looks like a backbone.

knitted route

‘‘The hand carries a visual map of life,

representing time as an series of interlocking paths, routes and journeys Elizabeth Hallam

OPEN KNIT Combining contrasting yarns and techniques in a knitted network. Playing with positive and negative space.

open knit

‘‘From net to

network: the net appears as a formless and constantly changing body depending on the context and the inteded use; pulling, attaching, fastening, carrying and protecting MacGuffin no3, A/W 2016/2017

NETWORK A knitted network. Creating threedimensional shapes by using a knitting technique. The loops create space for a cord.

network

‘‘From rope to net: just as a spider spins a thread to build a web and trap it’s prey, the process that turns thin and light fibres into large and strong knotted fabrics reveals a logic of successive interconnections MacGuffin no3, A/W 2016/2017

‘‘How did the thread of the weaver become

the trace of the writer?

The common derivation of the words ‘text’ and ‘textile’ from texere, points to the significance of this relation Tim Ingold

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