Black Mass (T68a)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Mary Farmer
Title
Black Mass
Made in
Guildford
Date
1979
Description
Tapestry with cotton warp with wool weft, bright yellow with a grey block in the centre, and a thick black border.
Materials and techniques
Tapestry-woven on a cotton warp. Weft of two-ply Swedish worsted (100% wool) used one-fold.
Dimensions
length: 149cm
width: 117cm
Object number
T68a
Category
Maker's statement
Black mass is the stable of the pair in its colour which is flat, but in it is used a more lustrous, less absorbent yarn which the light saffects in a totally different way. Its movement is chiefly on the vertical plain
