wearable abstraction
abstraction was invented on canvas. it was the textile people who put it on bodies. most of the styles here carry a name — the weavers, photographers and painters who spent their careers proving that structure could be the image.
named for sonia delaunay
named for sonia delaunay
named for sonia delaunay
named for the bauhaus
named for the bauhaus
named for marianne brandt
named for alexander calder
the weaving workshop
anni albers, otti berger and benita koch-otte were sent to weaving because the other bauhaus workshops weren't really open to women. they spent their careers proving that structure could be the image, not decoration laid over it.
named for florence henri
named for alma siedhoff-buscher
named for perle fine
named for otti berger
named for lilly reich
named for lucia moholy
named for florence henri
"clothes must and can form an organically inseparable whole with the woman wearing them."
-Lilly Reich
named for the bauhaus
named for the bauhaus
named for the bauhaus
named for alma siedhoff-buscher
named for benita koch-otte
named for alexander calder
the grid is plaited
two yarns carried together — one on the face, one behind. the pattern is knitted into the fabric, never printed on top of it.
named for anni albers
named for lilly reich
named for the bauhaus
named for benita koch-otte
named for the bauhaus
named for the bauhaus
intarsia, not print
knitted in as its own construction. the edges stay crisp, and the motif can't crack or fade because it isn't sitting on the surface.
named for otti berger
named for the bauhaus
named for the bauhaus
named for anni albers
named for the bauhaus
named for alexander calder
named for the bauhaus
bold pattern. built with a stitch.
jacquard: two colors knitted in the same row, the spare yarn carried along the back. the bauhaus, albers and calder are all built this way — nothing printed on top, so nothing to crack or fade.
named for anni albers
named for the bauhaus
named for anni albers
named for the bauhaus
named for josef albers
named for alexander calder
named for josef albers
named for the bauhaus
named for the bauhaus
named for josef albers
named for the bauhaus
named for the bauhaus
named for josef albers
named for hilma af klint
named for katt both
named for katt both
named for lou scheper-berkenkamp
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