Headed by Pauline Ferb, this week's symposium went over the ancient craft of fibers, and how through time, the boundaries between what are and aren't fiber works have begun to blur. This lack of barriers that once previously confined fibers to textile and weaving has been almost wholly removed due to the speed at which material rapidly develops.
Fiber materials has come to encompass textiles and the material studies that surround it. The emphasis is greatly placed upon the study and creation of fiber strands. Control over the fiber strands would be achieved through the handmaking process, including fibers for paper, animal felts, and more. The study of fiber material has also come to encompass the ever expanding use of fiber in unconventional scenarios. Materials, such as felt, are being used in large buildings in order to control noise.
But other than the study of the materials of the fiber, the most important aspect of fiber work is the process of creating the work. Because of its flexibility, many fibers artists are concerned with wind, movement, and the passage of time. Subjects have been juxtaposed for unique and contrasting effects, such as the placement of lace against software rendered fibers. Fibers can now be rendered using 3D sintering, which allows for a special powder to be fused together into fibers layer by layer. This allows for synthetic fibers, such as glowing conductive threads and programmable nitinol to be created.
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