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HEXAWAVES

November 2021 - January 2022
Jacquard weaving / Programming weaving weaves / Programming the design /

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Hexawaves, details of sample n°01

Echantillon 01, Hexawaves

Hexawaves, details of sample n°02

Hexawaves is part of the research I carried out as part of the EuroFabrique project, in 2021 and 2022, with EnsAD [Ecole des Arts Décoratifs] in Paris and SST [Swedish School of Textiles] in Boras, Sweden.

The theme was to question our place, as young adults, in the Europe of today and of the future.

A border is a line that delimits territories. In reality, cultures, traditions, fauna and flora blur these 'lines'. By being close to each other on either side of this delimitation, they make the countries porous, unlike the protocols and political organisation set up and run differently on each side. The countries that make up this grouping called "Europe" are in reality a collection of territories that wish, at best, to expand by nibbling away a little more of their neighbour's territory and, at worst, to retain its surface area. Just like these countries, to create the honeycomb, each of them initially creates a circular space. When this circular space meets those of its 6 other neighbours, they continue to expand. The forces of each, as they meet, gradually transform each circle into a hexagon. Like bees, the countries of Europe are pushing back their borders. These borders are shaped by the relationships between the countries and sculpt the territories.

Hexawaves, Sample n°01

The first sample is larger and shows how the hexagon is assembled as a whole.
141 x 45 cm

Hexawaves, Sample n°02

The second sample is finer and the weaves are not the same. The smaller hexagons retain their rounded hexagon shape, whereas the larger hexagons are more sharply defined. This gives a gradient appearance.
141cm x 30cm

Using drawings of the movement of waves, a magma of textures, shapes and materials, and programming, I assemble a set of hexagons.

This assembly is generated from a hand-drawn image representing strata that form a magma, waves in which various moving materials intermingle. By analysing the grey values of the drawing, the programme determines the scale of each hexagon.  The whiter the areas of the drawing, the smaller the hexagons. The darker the areas of the design, the larger the hexagons.

During the weaving phase, the small hexagons are transformed into circles that resemble air bubbles created by the movement of waves. The weaving patterns are determined by the size of the hexagons. This ensures a certain consistency. This is a double weave, which makes it possible to create reserves and integrate different materials inside.

Two samples were made.
The first is wider, allowing us to understand the assembly of the hexagons as a whole.
The second is finer and includes modifications to the weaving patterns on the large hexagons that allow them to retain their hexagonal shape. The smaller hexagons are kept as they were in the first test, precisely to maintain the 'bubble' appearance.

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