2021
2026

Tejer

Hannah Garabito Silva

Hannah Garabito Silva

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

2021
2026

Tejer

Hannah Garabito Silva

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

2021
2026

Tejer

Hannah Garabito Silva

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute

Tejer; to knit in spanish. Across the world, women once gathered to work with fabrics, teaching younger generations textile crafts like weaving and knitting while sharing valuable cultural practices and storytelling. In the 21st century, these gatherings have largely disappeared, and many no longer learn these heritage crafts or traditions from the women in their families, reducing the fostering of culture, craft and community among intergenerational groups of women in a family. Tejer is a centerpiece light fixture designed to bring together groups of four women of different generations in a family around a coffee table or comfortable surface at night after a long day of school or work. Its curvilinear form invites them to gather around a coffee table to share and pass down the heritage craft of knitting, something fading in today's busy, career-driven lives. Adaptability reuse takes place in this light fixture by taking an ancient practice of heritage craft and storytelling being passed on down generations of women. The ancient technique of hand weaving while engulfing a modern wireless LED bulb that allows for ease of motion around the home and comfortable crafting. Keeping an ancient tradition alive with the help of new lighting technology. Using wireless LED lighting and inspired by traditional weaving techniques, Tejer encourages women to knit comfortably while fostering heritage craft, cultural storytelling, community and connection among intergenerational women in families.

Tejer