Norma Minkowitz.
Norma Minkowitz's sculptures are unabashedly complicated; she designs and devises complex pathways in fiber using the traditional and long sidelined technique of crocheting. This is not crocheting that ends up as an ornamental doily or antimacassar; by stiffening the fibers she is able to produ...
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Bristol, England :
Telos,
[2004]
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Acquisition Notes: | Gift of Joan Root |
| Series: | Portfolio collection ;
v. 35. |
| Summary: | Norma Minkowitz's sculptures are unabashedly complicated; she designs and devises complex pathways in fiber using the traditional and long sidelined technique of crocheting. This is not crocheting that ends up as an ornamental doily or antimacassar; by stiffening the fibers she is able to produce intricate knots and loops that hold and support each other to create translucent air-filled three-dimensional forms. |
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| Item Description: | Essays by David Revere McFadden, Jane Adlin and Kathleen Whitney. |
| Physical Description: | 48 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1902015916 9781902015910 |