Summary
Instead of setting off on a self-important walk like Richard Long, Celia Pym knitted her way round Japan, producing a 24-metre-long record of her trip in blue yarns that she bought on the journey. Instead of charring and destroying books like John Latham, Stephanie Speight has shredded books with a fettuccine machine and knitted them into a scarf-like hanging entitled 'In the Beginning was the Word'. Grids?
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Subversive Needles
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Subversive needlesKnit 2 Together: Concepts in KnittingCrafts Council, 44a Pentonville Road, London N1, until 8 May, then towingWhen Henry Moore wanted to make W clear that he thought Eric Gill's sculpture dull and ...See the full content of this document
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