crocheted round, flat form mostly in buffs, sage green, steel blue; scattered zigzagging and textured stitches in brown, salmon, blue, and maroon; off-set, raised dome-like form at C; several rectangular patches of textured knit or applique in contrasting color; whole form resembles abstracted wagon wheel; several dips and rises in texture; three appliqued, tightly woven whorls of hair; plastic ring

%C2%A9 Norma Minkowitz

Journey's End, 2017

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Connecticut-based artist Norma Minkowitz is credited with claiming crochet as a fine art technique. Journey’s End showcases her improvisational crochet methods at their finest. Across the work’s broad expanse, the fiber elements vary in color and thickness. As thread thicknesses change, the quality of the textile evolves, becoming gauzy and transparent in some areas, opaque in others. The resulting sculpture assumes a lifelike, organic quality.

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Title
Journey's End
Artist Life
born 1937
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2018.59.2
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crocheted round, flat form mostly in buffs, sage green, steel blue; scattered zigzagging and textured stitches in brown, salmon, blue, and maroon; off-set, raised dome-like form at C; several rectangular patches of textured knit or applique in contrasting color; whole form resembles abstracted wagon wheel; several dips and rises in texture; three appliqued, tightly woven whorls of hair; plastic ring

© Norma Minkowitz