Woven Fiber Optics
These Woven Fiber Optic pieces were a collaboration with industrial designer Harry Allan. I wove two structures: a double cloth (now in the Cooper Hewitts permanent collection), and a piece we called Sail Cloth. Harry worked on the mounting ideas and found the illuminators that would light up the fiber optics. A few years later, I created large cross woven pieces that were displayed at a show in the Cooper Hewitt.
Process: Creating double cloth and 4-layer structures with fiber optics requires weave drafting and yarn configuring to allow for hanging devices and the attachment of illuminators. Pre-planning the installation is always a part of the process before weaving.
![Woven_Light_Plain_Weave_Sail_Cloth](https://suzannetick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Woven_Light_Plain_Weave_Sail_Cloth.jpg)
![Woven_Light_Crossform Large](https://suzannetick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Woven_Light_Crossform-Large-1477x994.jpg)
![D7A6B346-60AD-4013-B1B8-9842A3E29434_1_105_c](https://suzannetick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/D7A6B346-60AD-4013-B1B8-9842A3E29434_1_105_c.jpg)
![Suzanne Tick Fiber Optic Gensler Salvage Show 2012](https://suzannetick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Suzanne-Tick-Fiber-Optic-Gensler-Salvage-Show-2012.jpg)
![ST Fiber Optic Small](https://suzannetick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/ST-Fiber-Optic-Small-1055x1303.jpg)
![Woven_Light_Double_Weave](https://suzannetick.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Woven_Light_Double_Weave.jpg)