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Bovist

  • Year: 2005
  • Material: Viscose, linen, embroidery
  • Dimensions: 38 x Ø 54 cm
  • Commission: Vitra, Basel
  • Production: Vitra
  • Category: Industrial production
  • Collection: Textielmuseum Tilburg

Bovist contains a mix of techniques, industrial elements and craft detailing. The embroidered drawings contain many references. Lacemaker, for instance, shows the head of a young girl working on lacework, a reference to the painting ‘The Laceworker’ by Johannes Vermeer (1669 –1671).

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