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Knitted, Knotted, Twisted & Twined

Knitted, Knotted, Twisted & Twined The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu

Hardback (23 Apr 2012)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Over the past 40 years, Mary Lee Hu has affirmed her distinctive voice in the world of jewelry with her elegant, voluptuous creations. Using wire the way hand weavers use threads, Hu has blazed a trail as both artist and innovator, exploring the nexus between metalsmithing and textile techniques, often through the recovery of historical precedents from an ancient past, and inspired by her innate aspiration to perfection and her stubborn curiosity. Hu's apparently effortless and graceful creations, resulting from twining, weaving, knotting, and braiding, investigate both the possibilities and limits of wire by melding fiber art and jewelry, structure and pattern, light and line.

Knitted, Knotted, Twisted, and Twined features exquisite earrings, rings, brooches, and neckpieces drawn from public and private collections internationally. The book traces the evolution and refinement of Hu's processes and skill from her earliest experimental pieces in the late 1960s--capturing the spirit of a time when craft and lifestyle were so passionately intertwined--to the confidence and movement of her contemporary creations.

About the Publisher

Bellevue Arts Museum

Book information

ISBN: 9780615561561
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Imprint: Bellevue Arts Museum
Pub date:
DEWEY: 739.27092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 150
Weight: 1225g
Height: 278mm
Width: 256mm
Spine width: 22mm