Origin Interactive: Crafting Space

MAKING, BUILDING, SHAPING (1)
Willow has been working away at the structural design of the central piece, making steel mesh models and trying out the roof. It looks certain to work and am doing a ribbon weave with a piece of mesh to see how a section works. It's a bit tricky to get the ribbon on but it fits perfectly along the mesh, as if made to order which is satisfying. Also, its very easy to read the texts. We calculated we can get just over 4000 ribbons woven into the walls, then the remaining ones (if there are any) can be hung from inside, also very easy to read. Willow has sent over photos and we have been talking on email and phone – my late night treats arriving at night, when the children are asleep.. It looks like she got the only remaining roll of that paricular steel mesh left in the country..just enough for the build this week…I am looking forward to being in her studio and working on the structure…been very much on pre-production from my laptop, with bursts of sketchbook activity. Also, it brings home how much I need to return to making again, on a small, daily scale. I have a lot of objects lined up to make, but this project and my R+D have been v concerned with larger scale, one off live works. Still, it all feeds into each other..Today is the first day of my two months of work focused time,as my partner Leo is taking main carer role with the children. I can't quite believe how perfect the timing is.