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Knitting Echoes

Commissioned fabrication for artist Ailin Dong

Year
2025
Location
Toronto
Type
Commissioned fabrication
Materials
Wood, mechanical armatures, knitted textile, motors, custom electronics
Close-up of Knitting Echoes — articulated wooden arms carrying knitted textile

Knitting Echoes is a kinetic sculpture conceived by Toronto-based artist Ailin Dong: a ring of articulated wooden arms carrying knitted textile, moving as one slow, breathing body.

Dong developed the concept and visual language of the work. DFFF was commissioned to bring it into the physical world — translating the artist’s sketches into a buildable structure, developing the electronics and motion system, fabricating the components and assembling the finished sculpture for exhibition.

Our role

Structural design · Electronic development · Fabrication · Assembly. The completed work travelled to Canada and was exhibited at Stantec Window Gallery, Toronto, in 2025.

Knitting Echoes suspended beside the gallery window
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The sculpture seen from below, knitted membrane stretched between arms
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The work installed at Stantec Window Gallery, seen from the street
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Design study — structural layout of the articulated arms
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Credits

  • Concept & artworkAilin Dong
  • Structural design, electronic development, fabrication & assemblyDFFF Studio

Shown at

  • Stantec Window Gallery, Toronto, 2025