Shannell Papp, Lab (skeleton), detail |
Shannell Papp, Lab (skeleton) |
Canadian artist Shannell Papp created Lab (skeleton), a complete, full-scale crocheted model of the human skeleton and organs. She writes, "I was pretty serious about making a very exacting replica of the human body. There are parts of the work that nobody sees–the brain has gray and white matter, the bones have marrow, the stomach has half digested food in it. I made it to understand my body better and I think this is why people like it," in this interview. She has also made other textile works, whether crochet or embroidered, about human anatomy.
Shannell Papp, Bonebook (detail) |
Shannel Papp, Bonebook and Blood Pools |
Sarah Maloney, Knitted Arms, Shoe Forms, Gloves, 1997, variable dimensions, multimedia, Photo: Ned Pratt |
Sarah Maloney, Brain, Knitted cotton, stainless steel armature 35.6 x 35.6 x 152.4 cm 1988-1989, Photo: Paul Litherland |
Sarah Maloney, Skeletal System, Embroidered cotton on silk 305 x 112cm 1998-99, Photo: Geoffrey Gammon |
Sarah Maloney, Vertebrae, Sacrum, Coccyx, Knitted cotton, stainless steel armature 36x 36 x 189 cm, 1998-99, Photo: Geoffrey Gammon |
Sarah Maloney, Circulatory System Embroidered cotton on silk 305 x 112cm, 1998-99, Photo: Geoffrey Gammon |
Ben Cuevas, knit skeleton |
Ben Cuevas, Knit Veins: Fiber of Our Being |
Betty Busby, Neurotic 36x42 |
Betty Busby, Purkinje 37x44" |
Betty Busby, Retia 60x45 |
The neurons might be something most can identify in 'Neurotic'. Likewise, Purkinje refers to a class of neurons located in the cerebellum. 'Retia mirabilia' are a complex of arteries and veins lying very close to each other, found in some vertebrates. Purkin
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