Noriko Horiuchi | Hand-knitted Nets: Playground Equipment Made with Crochet

A giant net entirely hand-crocheted, suspended in the air to form a three-dimensional space that can be climbed into, laid upon, and bounced on. The net is crocheted stitch by stitch from nylon ropes dyed in vibrant gradient colors; the density of the structure varies with stress—tightly woven where weight is borne, loosely draped at the edges. Because it is woven rather than assembled, the entire piece has no hard connection points; the body always touches rope. When people enter, the net sags and deforms with their weight, and everyone's movements are transmitted to others. The suspension structure is wood or steel. Soft natural light falls from above, casting colors through the net onto the ground. Avoid: using machine-woven uniform nets, single colors, adding hard platforms, overly tight net tension that does not deform.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一件完全以手工鉤織的巨型網,懸掛在空中形成可以爬進、躺下、彈跳的立體空間。網由染成鮮豔漸層色的尼龍繩一針一針編成,結構的疏密隨受力而變化——需要承重處編得密實,邊緣則鬆散垂落。因為是編織而非組裝,整件作品沒有硬質的接點,身體接觸到的永遠是繩。人進入之後網會隨體重下沉變形,每個人的動作都會傳給其他人。懸掛的結構為木或鋼。柔和的自然光從上方落下,穿過網的色彩投在地面。避免:改用機器編織的均質網、顏色單一、加入硬質平台、網的張力過緊不會變形。