Textile: v.5
The Journal of Cloth and Culture
Published on 1. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-1-84520-618-5 (ISBN)
Description
Special Issue: StringThis special issue of Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture focuses on "String," literally and metaphorically, for the emotions it evokes and the ideas it sets in motion. Just as anthropologist Claude Levi Strauss famously noted that myths are "good to think with" - by which he meant that it is in the patterns of the story, and the relationships between characters, actions and objects that we find a "map" of a world - so it is useful to think about string in both a functional and symbolic way. ContentsIntroductionPennina Barnett and Claire PajaczkowskaPortfolioShadowfall 1,2,3,4Caroline BroadheadThe String in Art and Science: Rediscovering the Material Mind Susanne KuchlerThread of AttachmentClaire PajaczkowskaThe Fiber GameGlenn AdamsonString TheoryPaul HowePlaying with Haddon's String FiguresDinah EastopWrapt with StringLouise HambyString, Space and Surface in the Photography of Vik Muniz Sandra Plummer
Reviews / Votes
Winner of the ALPSP/Charlesworth Award for Best New Journal 2005'This journal has a lot going for it. It is easy to handle, well printed on good paper, imaginatively designed. Any university or college with an interest in textiles should subscribe to it and make it easily available. For individual scholars and makers, the journal provides a useful resource and will be a pleasure to collect and possess.'Times Higher Education'I welcome this journal as an exciting event, which has been long overdue. It provides a window into the vast field of textiles, which is the very fabric of our life.'Jasleen Dhamija, Independent Scholar'Textile aims to publish cutting-edge research into the meanings of cloth, within the broadest context of material and visual culture. On this first showing, the publication is not only academic but accessible, with diverse contributions presented in a readable format Textile shows that wider cultural interest in 'the crafts' comes when we dare to moveMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 172 mm
Thickness: 7 mm
Weight
294 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84520-618-5 (9781845206185)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Pennina Barnett, Goldsmiths College, University of London. Claire Pajaczkowska is at the Middlesex University.
Content
Introduction Pennina Barnett and Claire Pajaczkowska Portfolio Shadowfall 1,2,3,4 Caroline Broadhead The String in Art and Science: Rediscovering the Material Mind Susanne Kuchler Thread of Attachment Claire Pajaczkowska The Fiber Game Glenn Adamson String Theory Paul Howe Playing with Haddon's String Figures Dinah Eastop Wrapt with String Louise Hamby String, Space and Surface in the Photography of Vik Muniz Sandra Plummer