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cocoons.

Once the cocoons are complete, they


are harvested. They are softened in warm water
to loosen the gum that binds the fibers together.
The silk can then easily be removed and spun
into an exquisite fabric.
Embroidery is the process of stitching an
image into a fabric surface using a needle and
thread (or yarn). An embroiderer attaches
the thread to the fabric by way of a variety of
stitches, each with its own function in a design.
The British artist Mary Linwood (1755–1845)
practiced the art of crewel embroidery, a
process that uses freeform, fine wool thread
stitching on a drawn design. The detail from
Hanging Partridge (2.6.16) shows that the
process is a lot like “painting with thread,” as
the artist applies the thread colors the way
a painter would apply color in a painting.
This kind of needlework is intricate and slow
(one of Linwood’s pieces reportedly took ten
years to complete), but it shows exceptional
patience and skill. Linwood’s work was held in
high esteem, and indeed she was popular with
royalty in England and Russia.
Faith Ringgold, Tar Beach
“There once was a little girl named Cassie who
lived in an apartment in New York. On warm
summer evenings, she and her family would lay
out blankets and have picnics under the stars on
their tar beach. The roof was a wonderful place
to lie back and look at the city and its lights, and
dream about wonderful things like flying through
the sky. She could dream that her father, who
had helped to build the building where she lived,
could join the union, even though being half-Black
and half-Indian made it impossible. She could
dream that her mother owned an ice-cream
factory and was able to eat ice cream every night
for dessert.”
In this artwork, the African American artist
Faith Ringgold (b. 1930) tells a story of a child
called Cassie (2.6.17). Ringgold relates the African
American experience, her personal history, and
her family life by presenting her own childhood
memories in a work that combines painting on
canvas with the quilting skills of her family and
ancestors. Ringgold began to paint on fabrics in
the 1970s. As she did, the works evolved into a
collaborative effort with her mother, who was
a dressmaker and fashion designer. Ringgold
would create the painted part of the work, and her
mother would stitch the edges and sew patches of
cloth and quilted areas together to form a border.
Her great-great-great-grandmother had been a
slave who made quilts for plantation owners in the
2.6.17 Faith Ringgold,
Tar Beach, 1988. Acrylic
on canvas, bordered with
printed, painted, quilted, and
pieced cloth, 6'25⁄8" × 5'81⁄2".
Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum, New York
South. Ringgold’s works thus possess many layers
of meaning that relate to this history and these
craft skills. Together these layers communicate
the richness of human experience.

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