About this artwork
A Weaving depicts an infinite loop of colorful striped thread that gives the illusion of three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface. As an educator and artist, James Bassler makes work that honors the historical weaving techniques that he has studied, practiced, and shared with his students throughout his career. Here, instead of the normal perpendicular crossings of warps and wefts, he used wedge weaving, which diverts the wefts to the diagonal. Thus, the work pays his respects to both ancient Peruvian and Diné (Navajo) cultural traditions from which wedge weaving originates.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Textiles
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Artist
- James Bassler
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Title
- A Weaving
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Place
- United States (Object made in)
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Date
- Made 2012
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Medium
- Cotton, linen, silk, wild silk, nettle fiber (ramie), rayon, and wool, plain weave and slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts
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Dimensions
- 164.5 × 110.5 cm (63 3/4 × 43 1/2 in.)
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Credit Line
- Christa C. Mayer Thurman Textile Endowment
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Reference Number
- 2015.117
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Copyright
- © James Bassler
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