http://www.shapeshifters.net/ This is the feed of the »london« tag. http://www.shapeshifters.net/static/icon.gif http://www.shapeshifters.net/tags/london/ Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:14:13 +0200 shapeshifters en http://www.shapeshifters.net/ibenfrei/stories/869/ http://www.shapeshifters.net/ibenfrei/stories/869/ http://www.shapeshifters.net/ibenfrei/stories/869/#comments TubehelpmaterialplasticnylonLondonscupltureinstallation ibenfrei fri, 23 mar 2007 11:14:36 +0100 Hi guys,<br /> <br /> Thank you for your first responce...but as I could see, a lots of you guys asked for a little futher information :-)<br /> <br /> This material I'm looking for is a long straight, yet very flexible, braided/plaited nylon/plastic tube. It is not solid, nor is the surface is solid... it's very thin and see-through ... does this make any sense?!?<br /> It's almose like a veil turned into a tube. The texture is very much like a veil, but make of some sort of nylon or plastic. Mabye it is some kind of cloth/fabric, I don't know - I didn't have the time to grope the sculpture very thoroughly at the exhibition ;-)<br /> The tube is about 1,5 cm wide and an x-number of meters long. Maybe it comes on a reel/coil?<br /> Maybe it comes in different colours ... I've only seen it in the colour white ...<br /> <br /> In the photo a piece of steel wire is used to bend the tube into shape, but the wire is not part of the material.<br /> <br /> I'm sorry ... this almost sounds like a poor riddle, I know :-)<br /> <br /> I could imagen that it is used in plumming of some sort, but I don't know. This fare I've talked to a lot of plummers and shown them my photo, but they could not help me but adviced me to talk to people who how about aquariums/fish tanks – this fare in my searching, I've seen many fascinating and exotic fish ;-) but haven't found the sort of tube I'm looking for, nor the name of it ...<br /> I've talked to electrical engineers, carpenters and so on - even some people at the local Zoo ...<br /> <br /> The thing is: I saw this very fascinating sculpture/installation in London (summer 2006) and some of the matrials - one of them beeing this mysterious tube - I found very inspiring and really made my ideas run free. I could simply see this matrial used to create so many other designs and in other ways that it was used in this very beautiful sculpture.<br /> But this fare, all I've got is a ton of sketches, all ready to be turned into reality.<br /> <br /> So if any of you have an idea to what this is and even better what it's called and used for normally it would be fantastic and I would be very very happy.<br /> If you have a surgestion to what it's normal use is, I'd love to hear from you as well - maybe you can give me a new direction to search in.<br /> <br /> Thank you and greetings,<br /> <br /> Iben Frei<br /> <br /> Hi guys,<br /> <br /> Thank you for your first responce...but as I could see, a lots of you guys asked for a little futher information :-)<br /> <br /> This material I'm looking for is a long straight, yet very flexible, braided/plaited nylon/plastic tube. It is not solid, nor is the surface is solid... it's very thin and see-through ... does this make any sense?!?<br /> It's almose like a veil turned into a tube. The texture is very much like a veil, but make of some sort of nylon or plastic. Mabye it is some kind of cloth/fabric, I don't know - I didn't have the time to grope the sculpture very thoroughly at the exhibition ;-)<br /> The tube is about 1,5 cm wide and an x-number of meters long. Maybe it comes on a reel/coil?<br /> Maybe it comes in different colours ... I've only seen it in the colour white ...<br /> <br /> In the photo a piece of steel wire is used to bend the tube into shape, but the wire is not part of the material.<br /> <br /> I'm sorry ... this almost sounds like a poor riddle, I know :-)<br /> <br /> I could imagen that it is used in plumming of some sort, but I don't know. This fare I've talked to a lot of plummers and shown them my photo, but they could not help me but adviced me to talk to people who how about aquariums/fish tanks – this fare in my searching, I've seen many fascinating and exotic fish ;-) but haven't found the sort of tube I'm looking for, nor the name of it ...<br /> I've talked to electrical engineers, carpenters and so on - even some people at the local Zoo ...<br /> <br /> The thing is: I saw this very fascinating sculpture/installation in London (summer 2006) and some of the matrials - one of them beeing this mysterious tube - I found very inspiring and really made my ideas run free. I could simply see this matrial used to create so many other designs and in other ways that it was used in this very beautiful sculpture.<br /> But this fare, all I've got is a ton of sketches, all ready to be turned into reality.<br /> <br /> So if any of you have an idea to what this is and even better what it's called and used for normally it would be fantastic and I would be very very happy.<br /> If you have a surgestion to what it's normal use is, I'd love to hear from you as well - maybe you can give me a new direction to search in.<br /> <br /> Thank you and greetings,<br /> <br /> Iben Frei<br /> <br />