“Initial notes from the Textile Archive in no particular order:
Scouring + drying, carding + spinning, warp + dressing, weaving shed, testing, scientific, microscopes, systems, library, analysis room, pattern analysis, chemical lab, dye house, piece finishing, power house, steam.
1832, 1882-1911, 1884, 1894, 1900
Detail of work by Helen Wood inspired by Bradford College Textile Archive No photocopier, computer, printer, nor mobile phone. No internet. Probably no telephone. What were the distractions?
Paper, pencil, ink, ink pen, ruler. Exquisite hand writing.
Concentration and discipline. Controlled, meticulous and thorough. Complicated, detailed, mathematical, technical.
Loom book..weave types…digital.
Mr Platt’s 1900 mounting box: lecture notes on the left, weave designs on the right. Blocks of 8 x 8. Red = lift
Hand made, made with my hands. Working with weaving and intersecting old images, prints and papers. Making new work…mixing things together…thinking about formula and finding it difficult to stick to the formula… but enjoying it”