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Crayola

Hanging
1985 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Michael Brennand-Wood originally trained as a textile artist, but has gone on to develop a highly individual style which deliberately avoids alignment with any particular material or technique. He has won several awards and was short-listed for the Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts in 1997.

Brennan-Wood developed his characteristic style from his interest in textile and thread structures, evolving into a layering of surfaces in which a diverse collection of materials, fabric, paper, wood, wire and thread combine together. 'Crayola' is an example of this.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleCrayola (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood, thread, wire, paper, woven and printed
Brief description
Hanging 'Crayola' of wooden sticks with paper, thread and wire, made by Michael Brennand-Wood, England, 1985
Physical description
Hanging made of multi-coloured wooden sticks arranged in layers and grids, and joined together with thread and wire. Each wooden stick is partially covered with pieces of printed or woven fabric or text from newspapers or magazines.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30cm
  • Width: 25cm
  • Depth: 15cm
Gallery label
12. CONSTRUCTION: CRAYOLA Designed and made by Michael Brennand-Wood (British, born 1952), Great Britain, 1985 Wood, thread, fabric, wire and paper T.124-1986 Michael Brennand-Wood originally trained as a textile artist but has gone on to develop a highly individual style which deliberately avoids alignment with any particular medium or technique. His three-dimensional constructions incorporate a divers selection of materials arranged in layers and grids which look back to their textile origins.
Object history
Purchased. Registered File number 1986/653.
Summary
Michael Brennand-Wood originally trained as a textile artist, but has gone on to develop a highly individual style which deliberately avoids alignment with any particular material or technique. He has won several awards and was short-listed for the Jerwood Prize for Applied Arts in 1997.

Brennan-Wood developed his characteristic style from his interest in textile and thread structures, evolving into a layering of surfaces in which a diverse collection of materials, fabric, paper, wood, wire and thread combine together. 'Crayola' is an example of this.
Collection
Accession number
T.124-1986

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Record createdDecember 10, 2007
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