Hairy Research
Through my research on human hair and while collecting hair samples, I experimented with the different hair types and discovered their different properties, qualities and limitations thought hacking the existing textile craft.
The idea was to elaborate a library of possibilities but also to explore human hair as an endless source of inspiration and material.
This journey helped me to open new discussion but also to draw new potential for this fiber and the development of my work and practice. Every experimentation leads me to meet a new expert, from a hairdresser to a scientist and to draw new potential collaboration and disciplinary cross over.
Workshops
Create awareness and curiosity about free material that goes every day to general waste. Go beyond the boundaries and taboo which can be associated with dead hair. Experimenting with an unusual material by using a traditional technique. Put the user and the consumer in the design and production process. Create an open-source platform where people can react, comment but also upload suggestions or their design.
Educational Programs
Alix Bizet has worked several years with numerous UK schools and Universities and Museums in developing, producing and delivering educational programs, introducing students to materials research, process and the practice of design and research.
Her educational programs allow students to develop their design, decision and making skills while engaging with questions of identity and representations, society norms and convention, sustainability and decolonisation of the curriculum.
These programs put at the centre the views and voices of the participants but also act as a platform allowing participants to collaborate and to extend the narratives behind materiality culture, making process and solutions. The programs are based on a cross-disciplinary where different practice meet, from craftsmen to visual anthropologist, historian, storyteller, filmmaker or audio producer, making sure participant broader their views on design but also get to discover new careers.