As a side project this week, I have been experimenting with
chicken wire. I have mostly been crushing and twisting it into tubes and
attempting to work with it once it’s in this shape. I have attached around 9
meters together into a single 'tube' (I've cut it in meters and cut it into
lengths of 3 each time). I then twisted it into a coil around my arm, and once
removed and released, it curls.
Using chicken wire on its own is a strange experience, it’s
a harsh (and sharp!) material with a mind of its own per say. Once I released
it off my arm, it assumed a shape that barely resembles that shape that I
twisted it into. It is this reason that I am experimenting with it, it occupies
space differently than many other materials that I have used to date.
It has an almost organic flow to the way it falls that I find interesting. It reminds me of the roots of a mechanical/industrial tree or vines.
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