The Bailey-Derek Grammar is a series of drawings that describe the materials, steps, and techniques in the craft of wire bending embedded in the Trinidad Carnival. This grammar allows analysis, understanding, and the transmission of wire-bending knowledge and expertise for education and practice. Projects in this area build and extend this computational description and its applications. Related areas include:
Publications:
(2019) Vernelle A. A. Noel. “Design Computation and Restoring Craftsmanship: The Bailey-Derek Grammar in Wire-Bending,” in Hello Culture! Proceedings of Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures Conference – CAAD Futures, (Daejeon, Korea. (June 2019): 950-969.
(2015) Noel, Vernelle A.A. 2015. “The Bailey-Derek Grammar: Recording the Craft of Wire-Bending in the Trinidad Carnival.” Leonardo 48 (4): 357–65. https://doi.org/10.1162/LEON_a_01089.
