CONCRETE TEXTILE

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March 2021

Design using Grasshopper and Rhinoceros 3D, a sculpture made of concrete and metal cable.

Using a material with connotations associated with architecture, to understand its formal capacities and create a different object using a wide range of tools. This is an extension of my research into textiles made of plaster and cement; this one is made of concrete. The arrangement of the cubes is different from the different prototypes. The smaller cubes in the centre highlight the behaviour of a textile; the greater distance between the cables means that they have more amplitude to move, dragging along the others, which are heavier. It was designed in Grasshopper, which enabled me to work out the external dimensions needed to build the moulds and to anticipate and vary the space between the cubes. During the mould layout stage, I played with the grain of the wood, using it as an ornamental pattern but also as a trace of the process and the piece's brutalist design.the weft is a metal cable made up of many wires twisted together, which provides strength but is also flexible enough to create the movement of the textile.the piece, without the metal gantry, weighs around 165 kg.