Supporting the Body

At uni I've been doing a project on supporting the body, so I have been looking at lots of ways a person can be supported, whether through cheerleading or a bench, tree-climbing or a wheelchair. I have also been looking at fabric-making techniques such as simple linking, knitting and crochet. My final piece is an under-stair hammock design, photos of the model and design sheet will follow soon, but for the time being at the bottom is the life-size hand knitted hammock, although this is a simplified version of the final design. Any comments would be welcome, please give honest feedback on what you think of the work displayed below :)

Simple linking wasn't so simple

Beautiful Cliveden

A latex and dye drawing of the knitted fabric

Testing the fabric's properties and experimenting with shapes

The life-size hammock hanging under my staircase