a text becomes a kilim

Pieces

Each one is a text, nothing added — old friends, all in the public domain: Blake and Shakespeare, Yunus Emre and Karacaoğlan, Dickinson, O. Henry, Carroll. The dyes are drawn from the whole text; the shapes from its words. Two of the woven ones carry a refrain — look for the band that comes back.

seven pieces · four woven, 60 rows · three printed

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The Tyger by William Blake, woven: six bands of motifs in indigo, green, madder and walnut on undyed cream — Tyger Tyger, burning bright

24 rows · 0.22 m

six stanzas, William Blake, 1794 — the last band echoes the first
undyed cream · indigo · indigo over weld · madder red · walnut brown · pomegranate ochre

Shakespeare's sonnet as a floral print: blooms, leaves and sprigs in moss, olive and walnut on cream, tossed — Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

printed · 320 × 400 mm

Shakespeare, floral — 76 elements, tossed
tea & moss

Karacaoğlan's poem as a geometric print: rings, stars and bars in slate, plum and mint on pale green, in a half-drop repeat — İncecikten bir kar yağar

printed · 240 × 300 mm

Karacaoğlan, geometric — 39 elements, half-drop
mint & charcoal

A poem by Yunus Emre, woven: five bands in madder, weld and rose on undyed cream, the refrain line closing each — Ben yürürüm yane yane

20 rows · 0.18 m

five stanzas, Yunus Emre, 13th century — the refrain line closes every band
undyed cream · madder red · weld yellow · cochineal rose · undyed grey · iron black · walnut brown

Emily Dickinson's poem, woven: three bands in madder, weld and rose on undyed cream — Hope is the thing with feathers

12 rows · 0.11 m

three stanzas, Emily Dickinson, 1861
undyed cream · madder red · weld yellow · cochineal rose · undyed grey

The opening of The Gift of the Magi, woven as four full-width rows in black, green and ochre on cream — One dollar and eighty-seven cents

4 rows · 0.04 m

one paragraph, O. Henry, 1905, wrapped
undyed cream · iron black · indigo over weld · pomegranate ochre · weld yellow · indigo · madder red

The opening of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as an abstract print: blobs, brush marks and torn shapes in ochre, sage and apricot on pale green, in a half-drop repeat — Alice was beginning to get very tired

printed · 160 × 200 mm

Lewis Carroll, abstract — 23 elements, half-drop
sage & apricot