FABRIC WILDFLOWER, individual components, Thelma Knox

H2016.118.1-7

[.1] four stems of wattle, yellow fluffed out balls on green fabric and wire stems
[.2] oval green fabric and wire leaves, hand dyed x 4
[.3] small green oval leaves, fabric and wire, hand dyed x 6 pairs
[.4] red cotton 'brushes', several strands of fine red cotton bunched together to appear like the brushes found on bottlebrushes and other callistemon species, x 12
[.5] five long green coloured hand dyed leaves and one brown, shaped like eucalyptus leaves in various stages of construction, some rectangular and uncut to final shape
[.6] Leschenaultia petals, hand dyed mauve and blue with two petals per strand connected with fabric covered wire x 9
[.7] two bundles of 'stamens' fabric coated wires for fabric wildflower construction, one bundle with small knobbly ends, the second bundle with larger pin sized heads

Department: 

History Department

Collection

History Collection

Collection Item Data

Accession Number: H2016.118.1-7
Accession Date: 22 Aug 2016
Acquisition Year: 2016

Material

Polyester/Textile0 - Whole
Wire/Metal
Cotton Thread
Material
Paint/Synthetic/Polymer

Measurement

length170mmlongest of 4
width36mm
depth2.5cm
length105mmlongest of 6
width32mm
length105mm
width20mm
length77mm
width10mm
depth0.5cm
length210mmlongest leaf - brown
width25mm
length140mmlongest specimen
width15mm
length70mmlarger bunch
width30mm

 


 

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