Lab Craft: Digital adventures in contemporary craft
A Crafts Council touring exhibition at Oriel Myrddin Gallery 25 February - 7 April 2012
Tomoko Azumi
Georgian and Victorian Reclaimed Roof Tile Birdhouses - 2009
Reclaimed roof tile, pine
Azumi’s birdhouses were created as part of an exhibition by the design collective TEN; a London-based group of designers who work together annually exploring issues of sustainability in design. In 2009, the brief was to develop work utilising digital technologies.
Azumi was mindful of the high energy consumption inherent in many digital tools. In response, she decided to use reclaimed materials that would otherwise be wasted, in combination with digital techniques. To reduce manufacturing processes, the facade patterns are laser etched at the same time as the board is laser cut. The decoration refers to the house designs from which the custom-cut roof tiles originate.
Lab Craft: Digital adventures in contemporary craft
A Crafts Council touring exhibition at Oriel Myrddin Gallery 25 February - 7 April 2012
Tomoko Azumi
Georgian and Victorian Reclaimed Roof Tile Birdhouses - 2009
Reclaimed roof tile, pine
Azumi’s birdhouses were created as part of an exhibition by the design collective TEN; a London-based group of designers who work together annually exploring issues of sustainability in design. In 2009, the brief was to develop work utilising digital technologies.
Azumi was mindful of the high energy consumption inherent in many digital tools. In response, she decided to use reclaimed materials that would otherwise be wasted, in combination with digital techniques. To reduce manufacturing processes, the facade patterns are laser etched at the same time as the board is laser cut. The decoration refers to the house designs from which the custom-cut roof tiles originate.