Pattern of the World
Drawing
2000 (made)
2000 (made)
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In this drawing Stockwell has used dressmaking patterns, pinned together, and stained with tea and coffee, to create a fragile map of the world. She has used these materials to allude to Britain's colonial legacy and to refer to the way in which the trade in commodities - tea, coffee, and textiles, but also human labour - has helped to shape the political and economic relations of today's world.
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| Title | Pattern of the World (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Dressmaking pattern papers stained with tea and coffee; pins |
| Brief description | 'Pattern of the World', a map of the world drawn in washes of tea and coffee on dressmaking pattern tissues, pinned together, Susan Stockwell; Great Britain, 2000 |
| Physical description | A map of the world drawn in washes of tea and coffee on a support of dressmaking pattern papers, pinned together in three separate pieces. |
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| Gallery label | Using dressmaking patterns stained with tea and coffee, Stockwell has pieced together a fragile map which alludes to Britain's colonial legacy, and the ways in which the trade in commodities - tea, coffee, textiles, human labour - has helped to shape the political and economic relations of today's world.(2007) |
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| Summary | In this drawing Stockwell has used dressmaking patterns, pinned together, and stained with tea and coffee, to create a fragile map of the world. She has used these materials to allude to Britain's colonial legacy and to refer to the way in which the trade in commodities - tea, coffee, and textiles, but also human labour - has helped to shape the political and economic relations of today's world. |
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| Accession number | E.1095-2002 |
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| Record created | April 28, 2003 |
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