This week in class we learned  how to hyperbolic crochet! It was much simpler than it looks and here is a picture of my finished product, it look me a few days to finish it but I was pretty much obsessed. During class, we discussed the idea further and Sebastian thought of an idea of crocheting lights, it would look amazing plus it ties in with the concept of light refraction (because without light there would be no refraction). I think it would be very interesting to work with crochet and an unusual crocheting material as the aesthetic would be vastly different to a typical knitted crochet hyperbolic. A crocheted hyperbolic looks very dainty, ruffly and quite feminine, but if it is crocheted in an industrial material it would look sculptural and controlled in a good way. 


My finished crochet:

I really like the idea of creating a light installation, merging the paper model and crochet together. Whether it the crochet encases the light, or paper model or the other way around. But now I am unsure of how a light installation ties in with the light refraction concept. Here are some great light installations:

Bruce Munro Field of Light Long Knoll Installation

I like how it balances controlled with the uncontrolled, the light itself is fragile and free while the casing is very structural, much like the marrying of the paper model (the structural geometrics of hyperbolics) and the crochet.

Anselm Reyle of Neon Light Installation

This is very different and uses light in an interesting way, the way the lights are all over the place and tangled together just reminded me of the crochet we did in class

Alan Jaras work of "bending light" is very interesting because it is an example of how light and light refraction can be combined into a project. 

“Using only film, and without a lens on the camera, in what Alan says could still be described as a photogram, he shoots a targeted light source through and a piece of art glass or formed plastic to capture the created refraction patterns. The results, what could be described as ‘images of strange microscopic or deep sea creatures or even galaxies forming in deep space,’ pull at the viewers perception of digital and analog, art and science, all the while expanding our imaginations and understanding of the world around us.”

Stephen Knapp is an artist specialising in light and creating "lightpaintings". His art is beautiful in capturing the concept of light refraction by using lights. Here are some images...