Mesh

Say hello to the clock that knits the time and which by the end of a year has produced a 2 meter long scarf, perfect for the January freeze.

“I am fascinated by everyday incidents, unconscious ways of acting and invisible processes,” says Norwegian designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen who has just graduated from the University of Arts in Berlin. “I like to observe and challenge the things we take for granted… like time passing.”

Time and numbers were in fact the inspiration for Wilhelmsen’s knitting clock 365, which measures the time in a three-dimensional form; in volume. It is knitting the hours and the days and shows the time as something that is constantly moving, changing and developing. It counts the 24 hours per day; for each half and whole hour a needle is knitting a mesh, each day makes one knitted line. The yarn lasts for 365 days and makes a two-meter long scarf.

“Even though I live in Berlin, I often hear that my design has a very Scandinavian touch,” Wilhelmsen explains. “Perhaps it is the honest and straight-forward way of using the materials, the combination of handcraft and industrial techniques or the desire to give an object more than a decorative reason. I aim to make products with personality and humour, products that challenge the meeting between man and his surroundings and that offer a new kind of interaction with them.”

Wilhelmsen has been selected to exhibit the knitting clock at this year’s 100% Norway exhibition at 100% Design, London, 23-26 September. www.norway.org.uk/100percent
Website:www.sirenelisewilhelmsen.com/

Tags: 100% Design London, 100% Design London 2010, 100% Norway, 100% Norway 2010, Siren Elise Wilhelmsen, Thomas Aastad

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