yarn & textile sculpture

Yarn & Textile Sculpture

Tuesday 11th March 2014

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Identify artists and textiles/techniques that they use in wrapping objects.

Understand how yarn can be manipulated in various ways.

Apply knowledge learned to wrap a chosen object with yarn and other textiles.

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Your Task

• Choose an object - big or small.• Gather some yarn - yarn doesn’t need to be

traditional wool; string, tape, wire, torn strips of fabric can all be used as yarn in this context.

• Wrap it - think abstract, can you create other shapes in or extending from your chosen object?

• Document your object - take lots of photographs or draw it.

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