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The idea
If you look closely at your jeans you'll see thread going up (that's called the warp); and threads going across (that's the weft). Pretty silly names, but super important when making materials.
Have a look and see what people are wearing around you. All the shapes, sizes, designs and patterns.
Maybe you have too many clothes like Venus here! How big a pile could you make with all your clothes?
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Michelangelo Pistoletto
Venus of the Rags
(1967, 1974)
Tate
Your clothes are probably made by a machine called a loom. Maybe like this hand loom below. What a smart looking man with his moustache.
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Albert Renger-Patzsch
Saxon Hosiery Weaver at a Handloom
(1928–48)
Tate
The plan
You are going to make a big organic woven structure to celebrate textiles and weaving. (Organic shapes are shapes you can find in nature, like shells or seeds).