Bovist
Year: 2005
Material: Viscose, linen, embroidery
Dimensions: 38 x Ø 54 cm
Commission: Vitra, Basel
Production: Vitra
Category: Industrial production
Collection: Textielmuseum Tilburg
Bovist contains a mix of techniques, industrial elements and craft detailing. The embroidered drawings contain many references. Lacemaker, for instance, shows the head of a young girl working on lacework, a reference to the painting ‘The Laceworker’ by Johannes Vermeer (1669 –1671).