MATERIAL / 01

GEREED

The structural rib of the date palm. An agricultural residue. An Egyptian craft material. A starting point for new possibilities.

01 / RAW

02 / SORTED

03 / PREPARED

04 / FORMED

05 / CLAD

06 / FINISHED

MATERIAL ARCHIVE

A material archive in progress.

Peacock studies how palm rib dries, bends, turns, compresses, joins and takes a finish. The material is not treated as a fixed recipe, but as an evolving system.

Our research moves between vernacular knowledge and contemporary production, preserving a craft by expanding what it can become.

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FROM SOURCE TO SURFACE

Palm ribs gathered and left to dry — 01 / Time takes part — gathered palm rib left to dry.

Palm rib being measured and cut in the workshop — 02 / The material is opened — measuring, cutting and testing.

DRYING & GRADING

Preparing the ribs and sorting the material before it enters the workshop.

JOINING & FORMING

Testing how individual ribs become repeatable structures and objects.

TEXTURE & LIGHT

Working with direction, fibre and thickness to explore new surfaces.