Journal

The Journal is an evolving archive of process, materials and collection development from GlySta Studio.

Through fibre art, sculptural crochet and slow textile construction, the studio documents how work develops — from experiments in stitch, tension and material behaviour to finished collections and sculptural forms.

Entries move between Process Notes, exploring how forms are constructed; Material Studies, looking more closely at fibre, texture and structure; Collection Development, tracing the ideas and decisions behind evolving bodies of work; and Object Studies, considering individual forms, their arrangement and their relationship with space.

Fibre-art process study by GlySta Studio showing layered crochet texture and sculptural textile construction during development.

Process Notes — Building Layered Fibre Forms

Exploring how repetition, tension and directional stitch movement can gradually build soft architectural form through fibre construction.

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Flat cotton ribbon being crocheted by hand during development of a Strata fibre form at GlySta Studio.

Material Study — Tension as Structure

Exploring how flat cotton ribbon, stitch density and tension work together to create structure, surface and flexibility within the layered Strata forms.

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Five handmade Strata Cairn Pebbles by GlySta Studio arranged as a stacked fibre-art sculpture in graduated stone colours.

Collection Development — From Stone to Fibre

The development of the Strata Cairn Pebbles, exploring how weathered stone, geological references, crochet construction and tactile interaction came together in an evolving sculptural series.

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Hands shaping a grey crocheted Strata Cairn Pebble during the making process.

Process Notes — Shaping Soft Stone

Exploring how construction, filling and hand shaping transform regular crochet forms into the irregular profiles and tactile surfaces of the Strata Cairn Pebbles.

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Collection Development — Exploring Suspended Form

Early studies for Aerial Forms exploring how crochet structures respond to suspension, gravity, movement and changing orientation.

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