Conrad
Pair of Gloves
1997-1999 (made)
1997-1999 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Freddie Robins studied at the Royal College of Art. After some years in the commercial clothing industry, in 1998 she set up her own workshop with help from the Crafts Council. Her work explores ideas beyond the expected scope of clothing by using the sensible practicality of knitting to create pieces that are unwearable. These gloves are from her ongoing Odd Gloves series and allude to characters in the Struwwelpeter story by Heinrich Hoffman. Conrad ignored warnings not to suck his thumbs, and as a result the Scissor Man came and chopped them off.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Conrad (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | knitted wool |
| Brief description | Pair of yellow gloves with no thumbs, one thumb represented with a red mohair "bloody stump" |
| Physical description | Pair of yellow gloves with fingers, but no thumb on one, vestigal thumb on the other with red mohair "bloody stump" effect |
| Production type | Unique |
| Gallery label | Freddie Robins studied at the Royal College of Art. After some years in the commercial clothing industry, in 1998 she set up her own workshop with help from the Crafts Council. Her work explores ideas beyond the expected scope of clothing by using the sensible practicality of knitting to create pieces that are unwearable. These gloves are from her ongoing Odd Gloves series and allude to characters in the Struwwelpeter story by Heinrich Hoffman. Conrad ignored warnings not to suck his thumbs, and as a result the Scissor Man came and chopped them off.(2002) |
| Summary | Freddie Robins studied at the Royal College of Art. After some years in the commercial clothing industry, in 1998 she set up her own workshop with help from the Crafts Council. Her work explores ideas beyond the expected scope of clothing by using the sensible practicality of knitting to create pieces that are unwearable. These gloves are from her ongoing Odd Gloves series and allude to characters in the Struwwelpeter story by Heinrich Hoffman. Conrad ignored warnings not to suck his thumbs, and as a result the Scissor Man came and chopped them off. |
| Bibliographic reference | Ruth Pavey, 'Unwearable Tension Freddie Robins's deconstructed knitwear', Crafts, no.156, Sept/Oct 1999, p.36-39. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.619:1&2-1999 |
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| Record created | December 21, 2004 |
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