Wrap 1945 - 1950

Editor: Here we have a woven textile called "Wrap", probably created sometime between 1945 and 1950. It’s silk, incredibly vibrant and… tactile, I guess? With all those colourful stripes and the little tassels, it's almost dizzying. What’s your take on it? Curator: Ah, yes! Doesn’t it feel like a burst of pure joy somehow? It almost vibrates with life. When I look at this, I imagine the artist completely immersed, a little like a spider carefully crafting her web, but instead of catching flies, she’s capturing a piece of the sun, or maybe a rainbow. Do you get that feeling of intense focus, yet freedom? Editor: Focus, yes, definitely, because those geometric lines are so precise! But freedom? Maybe the colours feel free. Curator: Indeed. Consider too that weaving, fibre-art…it's such an intimate medium. It speaks to touch, to the handmade. There’s a slowness and deliberation here that, for me, makes it deeply meditative. It could almost be a visual mantra. It is lovely to simply be in its orbit. Editor: I see that. Knowing it's silk changes my perspective as well; the colours do seem more jewel-like. And now I’m thinking, "meditative"—that actually fits really well! It’s not just a simple textile; it's almost… spiritual. Curator: Precisely! Sometimes, I believe, the most profound art lives in these quiet moments of creation and contemplation. Something as seemingly straightforward as "Wrap" becomes a pathway into something infinitely larger and lovely, and makes you reflect on our human need for structure and expression. Editor: So, starting with vibrant colours, and ending up at...visual mantras. That’s quite the wrap, indeed! Curator: I like the idea that this wrap holds warmth and focus in every fibre.