Split Wok
Hat
1989 (made)
1989 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Adjustable hat made of a flat piece of oval hand-rolled wool felt comprising layers of turquoise and dark blue, and the dark blue face is felted with lime green, red and purple dots. The hat is slit down the middle with a round cut at each end of the slit, enabling it to be twisted and folded into a variety of forms and permutations.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Split Wok (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wool felt, hand-rolled |
| Brief description | Adjustable hat 'Split Wok' made of hand-rolled wool felt, designed and made by Victoria Brown, Great Britain, 1989. |
| Physical description | Adjustable hat made of a flat piece of oval hand-rolled wool felt comprising layers of turquoise and dark blue, and the dark blue face is felted with lime green, red and purple dots. The hat is slit down the middle with a round cut at each end of the slit, enabling it to be twisted and folded into a variety of forms and permutations. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | Purchased. Registered File number 1989/974. Since 1982 Victoria Brown has explored the potential of hand-rolled and hand-made felts, using traditional techniques to develop dense, strong felted fabrics. Whilst laborious and slow, the process creates strong, deeply coloured, even fabrics allowing her to have a fluidity in pattern and design. She is a member of the Craft Council, through which her work has been sold since the 1980s. In addition to her hat designs, Brown also makes felted wall-hangings. She is a senior Textiles lecturer at Chichester in Sussex and has contributed to various publications and has also written 2 books and exhibited internationally. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.390-1989 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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