And that is where Toshiko, whose early sculptural work led to their first crochet play structure, began her path. Though they have spent much of their adult lives in Nova Scotia, the two met in Tokyo in 1982. This year, the couple is working on new pieces to be installed in Dubai and Florida. Using up to 2,000 pounds of fabric and stretching as long as 60 feet, their play structures can also be found in New Zealand, China, Italy, Spain, and the US – in parks, schools, and museums, at shopping malls and in housing developments. It’s work that crosses boundaries, which Charles says has drawn attention from the worlds of “parks, early childhood development, psychology, interior design, knitting, craft, architecture, engineering – it’s a really diverse thing.” Since 1990, the MacAdams have been designing and building handmade play structures out of nylon cord in Bridgetown, Nova Scotia (population: just under 1,000). The play structure, installed at Takino Suzuran Hillside national park in Hokkaido, Japan, was designed by textile artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam and her husband, Charles, and assembled from hundreds of pounds of braided nylon cord, all hand-crocheted by Toshiko. A boy climbs the side of a brightly colored net, grips it, then races back across its length and up the other side before flinging himself wildly into the mesh at its edge.īelow, two girls stack tire-shaped foam cushions covered in colorful crocheted fabric and climb into them, before one of them launches herself through a small opening into the net above her. Not the terrified kind – it’s the delighted squeals of children playing with complete abandon. American Craft Council American Craft Council Main navigationĬlick on a video about Rainbow Nest and the first thing you notice is the screaming.
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