The Grid

The Grid (2026) explores the relationship between rigid structures and flexible materials. Combining hand-knitted metallic thread with a steel framework, the work creates a sculptural form shaped by tension, repetition, and connection. Through the interplay of softness and rigidity, it investigates how structures emerge, adapt, and hold together within space.

The Grid is a site-responsive textile installation that explores knitting as a structural technology. Constructed from hand-knitted metallic thread stretched across a steel framework, the work transforms repetitive manual gestures into an adaptive spatial system. Rather than positioning craft as the opposite of technology, the installation proposes hand-making as a form of material intelligence, where accumulated knowledge, rhythm, and repetition generate complex structures. This directly responds to (Re)Make by rethinking traditional textile practices as contemporary technologies, questioning how making itself can become a way of understanding, shaping, and reimagining the systems we live within.