Saturday 14 April 2012

Chains, loops and holes. . . .

                      Tatting bobbin and lace chain placed with mill artifacts.


The floors of this three storey mill building are littered with holes, strategically placed to allow chains to run through the building from floor to ceiling: labour saving leverage to pull bags of grain through trap doors. I am captivated by these threads which run throughout the building and all the little holes it leaves behind, like the holes made by needles through thread. Chains, loops and holes also feature in my lace tatting work and I wonder how these strands might come together in my exploration of this site.