Slightly spun wool roving woven sample (HC436)

Catalogue Record

Collection

Maker

Title

Slightly spun wool roving woven sample

Date

c. 1985

Materials and techniques

Slightly spun cotton roving

These experiments were woven to show that "anything which is longer than it is wide" can be material for weaving. All the samples are of one colour (natural white) and the weave is two by two twill.

Dimensions

length:  59.4cm
width:  51.8cm
depth:  1.2cm

Object number

HC436

Category

  • Slightly Spun Wool Roving 9/12 Woven Samples, Ann Sutton, c. 1985, Crafts Council Collection: HC436. Photo: Relic Imaging Ltd.

Maker's statement

These experiments were woven by Elizabeth Minor in my workshop c.1985, to show that anything which is longer than it is wide can be material for weaving.

(These are conservative choices: it could have been spaghetti, barbed wire, railway lines...)

All the samples are of one colour (natural white) and the weave is two by two twill.

None of them were woven on a loom: all on nails or pinned to a board.

Ann Sutton 2003