Weavers Werkstatt • An initiative by Jongeriuslab
At the invitation of Lafayette Anticipations, Hella Jongerius and her design studio Jongeriuslab have transformed the rooms of Lafayette Anticipations into an experimental workspace from June to September 2019. In the Weavers Werkstatt project, Jongeriuslab is collaborating with design students and textile designers to carry out practice-oriented textile research. Vera de Pont was one of the selected designers that is participating in this textile research on the TC2 loom.
Within the framework of this research, Weavers Werkstatt is promoting knowledge transfer between starting and more experienced textile designers and the development of expertise to offer innovation and solutions to the challenges that the textile sector is facing.
Vera de Pont has been researching 2,5D structures and ‘pop-up’ shapes on the TC2 loom, a research that started 5 years ago with her graduation project Pop•up. The research included weaving tunnels and corners, and included technical yarn such as shrinking yarn and melting yarn. The research during the Weavers Werkstatte continued this research and showcased shapes that ‘pop-up’ into shape from the 2D surface of the loom.