Doodlebird Dwellings
A collaborative installation by Social threads for the 'Inspired by Birds' exhibition at Norwich Castle Museum, 2014.
Kally, Kim and Zoe are all interested in constructed textiles within their individual practices. What binds them together is a kind of experimental playfulness. With this Doodlebird dwelling they doodled in yarn taking a thread for a walk rather than a line. They have created interchangeable sacred spaces based on the social weaverbirds nests.
The synergy between us transforms, changing the creative power of an individual in much the same way. With more people adding to the process we get a completely different energy, a cross fertilisation of ideas, exchange of materials, contrasting textures and creations. Seeing each individual’s part within the whole, everyone adds their soul to it and yet are touched by other souls, so what you create and what everyone creates naturally evolves.
Birds build nests for shelter, protection and nurturing young, like wise human communities who build organically, create structures which are sympathetic to their environment, grow, are torn down and rebuilt to serve the needs of the community.
The Doodlebird dwelling has the same potential to change and be rebuilt after the exhibition as it encounters more doodling weavers who can bring their own skills and experience to take the dwellings into new environments, changing spaces and creating new perspectives.
Kally, Kim and Zoe are all interested in constructed textiles within their individual practices. What binds them together is a kind of experimental playfulness. With this Doodlebird dwelling they doodled in yarn taking a thread for a walk rather than a line. They have created interchangeable sacred spaces based on the social weaverbirds nests.
The synergy between us transforms, changing the creative power of an individual in much the same way. With more people adding to the process we get a completely different energy, a cross fertilisation of ideas, exchange of materials, contrasting textures and creations. Seeing each individual’s part within the whole, everyone adds their soul to it and yet are touched by other souls, so what you create and what everyone creates naturally evolves.
Birds build nests for shelter, protection and nurturing young, like wise human communities who build organically, create structures which are sympathetic to their environment, grow, are torn down and rebuilt to serve the needs of the community.
The Doodlebird dwelling has the same potential to change and be rebuilt after the exhibition as it encounters more doodling weavers who can bring their own skills and experience to take the dwellings into new environments, changing spaces and creating new perspectives.