Catalogue Record
                
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Collection
                        
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Maker
                        
                        
                            Sharon Porteous
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Title
                        
                        
                            Classic Carrier
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Made in
                        
                        
                            Stoke-on-Trent
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Date
                        
                        
                            1997
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Description
                        
                        
                            White rectangular box-shaped bag with holes for handles at top, predominantly white translucent colour with horizontal bands of woven of thread.
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Materials and techniques
                        
                        
                            Hand-woven recycling waste plastic carrier bags and reclaimed yarn. Initially plastic is cut into strips, then using a spaced warp on a counter balance loom the plastic is woven in as the weft. Once off the loom the fabric is heat pressed and then constructed into its end product.
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Dimensions
                        
                        
                            height:  35cm
width:  28.5cm
depth:  12cm
                         
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Object number
                        
                        
                            T145
                        
                    
                
                    
                    
                        
                            
Category