Nancy E Packer Matilda Mcquaid (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: New. Lace in Translation explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern mass production. Utilizing unexpected materials and technologies, designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan and sculptor Cal Lane created site-specific installations recasting traditional notions of lace. From a hand-woven raffia curtain and laser-cut fabrics, to a welded filigree oil tank and a lace chain-link fence, Lace in Translation offers a dynamic discourse about what lace is and how it functions.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Lace in Translation explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern mass production. Utilizing unexpected materials and technologies, designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan and sculptor Cal Lane created site-specific installations recasting traditional notions of lace. From a hand-woven raffia curtain and laser-cut fabrics, to a welded filigree oil tank and a lace chain-link fence, Lace in Translation offers a dynamic discourse about what lace is and how it functions.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. To accompany the exhibition held at the Design Center at Philadelphia University September 2009 through April 2010; 1st edition in soft cover format, 4to, 102pp, colour and b/w photo illustrations; CD present in rear wallet; card covers; VG Copy Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. …

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 99 pages. 11.00x8.75x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: New. pp. 99.

Condition: New. pp. 99 Illus. (Col.).

Paperback. Condition: New. Lace in Translation explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern mass production. Utilizing unexpected materials and technologies, designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan and sculptor Cal Lane created site-specific installations recasting traditional notions of lace. From a hand-woven raffia curtain and laser-cut fabrics, to a welded filigree oil tank and a lace chain-link fence, Lace in Translation offers a dynamic discourse about what lace is and how it functions.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Condition: New. Includes essays that discuss expanded definitions of lace in contemporary art and design and summarizes the history of the Quaker Lace Company of Philadelphia and the impact of its archives and collection on the work in Lace in Translation .&Uumlb.

Paperback. Condition: New. Lace in Translation explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern mass production. Utilizing unexpected materials and technologies, designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan and sculptor Cal Lane created site-specific installations recasting traditional notions of lace. From a hand-woven raffia curtain and laser-cut fabrics, to a welded filigree oil tank and a lace chain-link fence, Lace in Translation offers a dynamic discourse about what lace is and how it functions.…

Paperback. Condition: New. For Lace in Translation, the European designers Tord Boontje and Demakersvan and the North American sculptor Cal Lane were commissioned to create site-specific installations recasting traditional notions of lace and its making. These three internationally renowned figures deployed unexpected materials and technologies that range from a hand-woven raffia curtain and laser-cut fabrics, to lace filigree cut into a steel oil tank and burned into grass, to a chain-link fence woven in a Quaker Lace design. --Matilda McQuaid's essay discusses expanded definitions of lace in contemporary art and design, and the essay by Nancy Packer summarizes the history of the Quaker Lace Company of Philadelphia and the impact of its archives and collection on the work in Lace in Translation. Statements by the artists and designers discuss their relationships to lace and their creative processes.…