Tradition and Innovation

Teaching Experience and Artistic Exploration of Crochet Through Computing

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https://doi.org/10.35699/2238-2046.2024.48572

Keywords:

Crochet lace, creative computing, artistic exploration, textile production, arteducation

Abstract

This paper seeks to report an experience of teaching and artistic exploration of the crochet technique through the use of a generative algorithm that produces circular crochet patterns. The experience took place during the Fashion Design course at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Crochet as a textile technique is deeply rooted in traditional practices, allowing little room for artistic and poetic exploration. The introduction of the generative algorithm with autonomous behavior sought to provoke students' critical and artistic thinking, promoting technical thinking in a spontaneous and time-consuming way. The result was a collaborative work configured by a large crochet lace created by the students, associating tradition and innovation, that provided an alternative insight into theuse of computing in textile artistic exploration.

Author Biographies

André Luiz Silva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Designer Multidisciplinar atuando na interseção entre Arte, Arquitetura e Design Computacional. Possui interesse em metodologias de projeto, Interação Humano-Computador (IHC), Técnicas Tradicionais e Tecnologia Computacional direcionada ao desenvolvimento de Arquitetura, Produto e Arte. Doutorando na linha de pesquisa Poéticas Tecnológicas do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Artes da Escola de Belas Artes da UFMG, mestrado na mesma instituição (2021), graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pelo Centro Universitário do Leste de Minas (2018), e período sanduíche fomentado pela CAPES na Savannah College of Art and Design (2015).

Soraya Aparecida Alvares Coppola, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Professora Doutora do Curso de Design de Moda da Escola de Belas Artes da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (EBA-UFMG); Conservadora e restauradora de bens culturais móveis (CECOR-EBA-UFMG); Conservadora e Restauradora têxtil pelo L'Istituto per l'Arte e il Restauro do Palazzo Spinelli/Itália; Líder do grupo de pesquisa cadastrado no CNPq “STUDIOLO” (UFMG) e membro do CIETA/Lyon.

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SILVA, A. L.; COPPOLA, S. A. A. Tradition and Innovation: Teaching Experience and Artistic Exploration of Crochet Through Computing. PÓS: Journal of the Arts Postgraduation Program at EBA/UFMG, Belo Horizonte, v. 14, n. 30, p. 86–109, 2024. DOI: 10.35699/2238-2046.2024.48572. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/revistapos/article/view/48572. Acesso em: 20 may. 2024.

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Vol. 14 No. 30 (2024): Jan-Abril

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