Unspun cotton roving woven sample (HC438)
Catalogue Record
Collection
Maker
Title
Unspun cotton roving woven sample
Date
c. 1985
Materials and techniques
Unspun 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.
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: 50.7cm
depth: 1.0cm
Object number
HC438
Category
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
(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