Photo © 2017 CHOI+SHINE
THE URCHINS FABRICATION
2017 Marina Bay, Singapore
Design:
Jin Choi and Thomas Shine
Steel Fabrication :
Assembly Crew in Boston:
Thomas Shine
Susie Kim
Myungsu Ko
Yeseul Choi
Isabelle Lippincott
Hyokyung Lee
Installation Crew in Singapore:
Thomas Shine
Jin Choi
Young-eun Choi
Jaekyu Lee
SoYeong Ko
XiaoMin
Hyosoo Lee
Structural Consultant:
Árni Björn Jónasson, ARA Engineering
Installation Support:
iLight Marina Bay
Crocheters:
Jin Choi
Sophie Cho
Hyokyung Lee
Patti Murphy
JungHee Suh
Kyula Whang
Miriam Robinson
Insuk Durham
Mirto Golino
Janet Griffin
Nancy Belmudes-Gambill
Dianna Smith
Sandra Feldten
Natalie Weichel
Deidra DePagter Ball
Sue Babbs
Victoria Kruse
Patty Foley
Rose Nissen
Peihan Orestes
Jena Duncan
Elida Fejzaj
Eunhye Kim
Mijeong Takahashi
Concetta Phillipps
Mary Blumestien
Cheryl Blair
Kelly Ran
Corina Palmer
Melinda Burnett
Nora Hill
Sara Gregory
Priscilla Alarcon
Paige Henderson
Renata Carvalho
Effy Basset
Nicole Ranta
Sammi Elliot
Helena Kang
Cindy Ralston
Jen Serwitz
Lillian Hughes
Heather Cap
Faith Taylor
Laura Finder
Lindsey Walsworth
Pam Bee-Lindgren
Priscilla Smith
Amiee Dill
Ashlee Deetz Schleicher
Coty Colson
The design development took about two and a half months. It involved developing the pattern of the lace and supporting structure for fabrication.
Most of original lace patterns is from Dilmond’s Needlepoint Made Lace published in 1890 and modified by Jin Choi to use crochet as a method of lace making instead of needlepoint. She then invented the patterns of the urchins to create a desired form, and give each urchin the right amount or openness, texture and density.
The fabrication and assembly of crochet surface and supporting structure took another two and a half months. Crocheting the surface was a very labor intensive work, which involved 50 people all over the world.
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