Name/Title
Wired : fiber-optic weavings and wire sculptureEntry/Object ID
N6494.F47.CAD.Brown/Grotta.31Description
At age 75, celebrated Canadian artist Mariette Rousseau-Vermette began to integrate optical fiber and fluorescent tubing into weavings of wool. It was a logical progression from Rousseau Vermette's studying with Dorothy Liebes more than 50 years before. It was Liebes who had declared a fabric "modern" if it "is created in terms of today, with material of today." This catalog combines a number of artists creating "modern" fiber art of such unexpected materials as stainless steel filaments and ropes, black and nickel-plated safety pins, brass, copper and coated wire and, of course, optical fiber.Lexicon
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art metal-work, browngrotta arts, exhibition catalogs, fiberwork--21st century, fiberwork--exhibitions, weaving, wire craftBook Details
Author
Arthur Erickson, Browngrotta ArtsVolume/Number/Issue
No. 31Publisher
Browngrotta Arts GalleryDate Published
2001Call No.
N6494.F47.CAD.Brown/Grotta.31ISBN
1930230311, 9781930230316Notes
Length: 64