Textiles as Products of the Hands Making Them exhibitions Artists from all over the

Artists from all over the world responded to this invitation to address the most pressing themes of our times – ecology

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The buildings float as if we were sitting on the ocean floor – powerless to move

Investigating the archives of one of the most influential designers of the twentieth century

Mauss’s ‘The Gift’

Textiles as Products of the Hands Making Them exhibitions Artists from all over theAny area of technology has some sort of measure used to judge whether the producer is skilled or clumsy, and the product is of good or poor quality. With spinning yarn and weaving, skills that used to be done exclusively by hand, becoming more skilled offered advantages, such as better quality textiles able to withstand practical use as clothing or towels. The invention of spinning machinery and power looms in the 18th century and their subsequent