Sculpture Loom
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- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1040
- Description
- A metal sculpture of a weaver (female) working a floor loom. The flat two-dimensional woman, bending forward from the waist, ‘looming’ over her work, is wearing a knee-length three-dimensional flared copper-coloured skirt. She is standing on the inside edge of a ring that is soldered to the loom. T…
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- Title
- Sculpture Loom
- Date
- n.d.
- Material
- metal
- Dimensions
- 9.7 x 10.5 x 15.5 cm
- Description
- A metal sculpture of a weaver (female) working a floor loom. The flat two-dimensional woman, bending forward from the waist, ‘looming’ over her work, is wearing a knee-length three-dimensional flared copper-coloured skirt. She is standing on the inside edge of a ring that is soldered to the loom. The floor loom has six foot treadles, two soldered down, the other four in various raised positions. It has a harness with ten heddles and three copper wires passing through as fabric warp threads.
- Subject
- crafts
- metalwork
- weaving
- Mary Andrews
- Credit
- Gift of Mary Garnham Andrews, Banff, 2009
- Catalogue Number
- 104.45.1040
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