Pair of Gloves
1997 (designed), early 2000s (made)
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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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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | knitted wool and mohair |
Brief description | Freddie Robins. Pair of lavender gloves with fingers, but no thumb on one, vestigal thumb on the other with red mohair "bloody stump" effect. Designed 1997, made early 2000s. |
Physical description | Pair of light purple gloves with fingers, but no thumb on one, vestigal thumb on the other with red mohair "bloody stump" effect |
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. |
Associated object | T.619:1-1999 (Colourway) |
Bibliographic reference | Ruth Pavey, 'Unwearable Tension Freddie Robins's deconstructed knitwear', Crafts, no.156, Sept/Oct 1999, p.36-39. |
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Accession number | T.138:1&2-2016 |
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Record created | June 8, 2016 |
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