Creative minds do know that great inspirations may come from the most unlikely and bizarre places and in the next few days we are going to see a few of them, starting with netting for commercial fishing applications.
Technically speaking fishing nets can be intriguing as they are manufactured using special materials such as knotless or knotted polyester, nylon or mesh. When talking about fishing nets it is important to consider the sink rate, a factor usually regulated by the size of the mesh opening (the bigger the opening, the faster the net will sink) and the millimeter size of the mesh.
Yet quite often the best inspirations about fishing nets come from less technical perspectives, let's consider for example the images in this post showing an intricate mass of fishing nets in a harbour. They could be explored from various points of view that may lead us to different results: we may indeed consider the voluminous shape they form; the materials they are made of and their consistency; the contrast of colours (ecru/ivory and blue/pale blue), and the hard and soft dichotomy intrinsic to this conglomerate of nets (think about soft yet resistant nets, but also at the rusty iron hooks hiding among the ropes).
Last but not least, consider the fact that nowadays fishing nets are manufactured industrially, but they are based on traditional crafts and handmade processes (and they are still repaired manually). In a nutshell, never stop at the surface of an inspiration, but always try to go deeper and look beyond what you see.
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