Doubleweave block slideshow

1. Doubleweave
Block

8. • Gunta
Stölzl’s
proposal
for
a
double-­‐weave
tex<le
is,
in
its
play
with
color
and
form,
characteris<c
of
the
ar<st’s
prolific
output
during
her
tenure
at
the
famed
Bauhaus
school.
An
excellent
illustra<on
of
the
Bauhaus’s
mission
to
marry
craF
and
the
fine
arts,
this
sugges<ve
study—painted
in
fluid
blocks
of
watercolor
and
seemingly
tossed
off—expresses
a
spontaneity
not
oFen
associated
with
the
actual
produc<on
of
tex<les.
Referred
to
as
croquis,
from
the
French
word
for
sketch,
such
drawings
long
served
to
delineate
loose
ideas.
If
deemed
worthy
of
industrial
produc<on,
this
preliminary
ar<cula<on
would
be
translated
into
a
rigidly
detailed,
hand-­‐drawn
draF
of
the
loom
set-­‐up
specifying
weave
structure
and
color
choices,
followed
by
the
laborious
warping
of
the
loom
and
the
<me-­‐consuming
weaving
process.
The
delicacy
of
this
watercolor
belies
the
complexity
of
the
intended
double-­‐weave
technique,
signaled
by
Stölzl’s
<tle
Doppelgewebe,
a
mul<-­‐layered
structure
that
simultaneously
employs
two
sets
of
yarn
to
create
two
dis<nct
tex<le
surfaces
joined
together
at
intervals.