Winding bobbins

Winding bobbins

winding bobbins Loading the first bobbins with silk. As the time to start weaving the first sample of velvet inches closer, all 150 of the initial bobbins are being wound with silk. calculating velvet The test velvet will measure 10cm in width, with 15 silk bobbins...
Grain store

Grain store

grain store Stockpiling carving experience for future use. The piles of wood shavings have continued growing, and the hour(less)glass has made me further consider how they can serve as a log of the time, process and materiality involved in the bobbin production....
Hour(less)glass

Hour(less)glass

hour(less)glass Finding ways to track time without using time. As the number of carved bobbins slowly increases, I’m noticing both an intense yet reluctant focus on time. There is a heightened awareness of time as I carve the bobbins, not in its steady passing,...
Bobbin prototyping

Bobbin prototyping

bobbin prototyping_01 The first experiments in making a velvet bobbin. As I start mapping out the beginnings of this project I recognised a need for some “materiality” to ground myself, something physical to grasp alongside the theoretical foundations I am...