Ikal Wallhanging (1992)

Mary Restieaux

silk

Bankfield Museum, Halifax (Calderdale Council)

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Classification:

Craft

Materials:

Silk

Dimensions:

196 x 61 cm

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1996

Scheme:

Historic Craft Purchase by Purchaser (1949-2010)

Ownership history:

Purchased from the artist by Martina Margetts for the Contemporary Art Society, July 1992; presented to Bankfield Museum, Halifax (Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council), 1996

Relationship:

Martina Margetts Bankfield Museum, Halifax (Calderdale Council)

Ikat, meaning ‘to bind’ in Indonesian, refers to a resist dyeing process when bundles of yarn are tightly wrapped together and dyed to create the distinctive pattern. The result is the recognisable blurred lined design. It is often replicated as a print, but when done properly it is a painstaking process which has been termed ‘Poetry of the Loom’.

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