this weeks knits

I think that the piece with the bigger holes is an interesting step towards my final project due to the scale of the holes in relationship with the face and body. They are similar to the size of a face and provide little windows. I was thinking that the areas that are closes to eye level where there are holes could maybe have something woven in between then to provide more coverage. Maybe some hand knitting, or other types of yarn strung between it.

Knits and polyurathane

This week so far I have made 2 larger knit samples and tried out a waterbased polyurathane for coating. I would say that it is similar to an acrylic matt medium, and doesn't make it much stronger. I think that I am going to consider building some sort of framework that the knits would be stretched in because they won't be able to stand up without that (although I think they would be able to with resin. Pictures to be posted soon.

Picnic Table

I came acros this picnic table here which was based on the same concept I was thinking about for a knitted fence. The description on the style-files says that this table "connects with the user’s garden and become a permanent piece of garden design due to the growth process of the flowers and plants, which find their way into the table’s decoration." Check this out to find out more about the designers, although there isn't too much information given (but you can see a better picture).