Showing posts with label grey. Show all posts
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Kay Lawrence Marcel Marois Tapestries


 Kay Lawrence Crossroads, crossed paths, crossing out 1985 132 x 151cm



Kay Lawrence A walk around the inside looking out five panels detail 104 x 72 1981


 Kay Lawrence Gender tapestry 139 x 157cm 1993


Kay Lawrence House/self 139 x 157cm 1993


 
Kay Lawrence Two hills/two years236 x 337cm 1982-83,


Marcel Marois Mutations-Temps: bleu, gris blanc,rouge detail 4 panels each 57 x 57cm 1994-95

Not the only interpretation of pencil drawings, and greys but the only images that I have access to.  I included the Marcel Marois tapestry as it is a very different technique and pure grey. He uses two and somtimes three strands of wool in two or three different colours or shades with each strand laid down carefully in the same shed in a particular order, rather than mixed threads that are generally woven as the become naturally twisted.  This creates a very structured pattern of threads rather than the somewhat tweedy effect that is usually produced with mixed threads if the hue values are not closely related.

In Kay Lawrences tapestries the values are generally closely related, with only small areas of mixed thread in stronger contrasted values givng a more visually textured look for contrast.