Through the Curtain #2

Lia Cook, artist

born 1942

Through the Curtain #2, 1985

Where object was made: United States

Material/technique: rayon; dyeing; canvas; weaving

Credit line: Gift of Hope and Marshall Talbot in memory of their daughter Wendy Renée Talbot

Accession number: 1986.0043

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Exhibition Label:
"Bobbin' and Weavin'," May-2005, Debra Thimmesch
Lia Cook has described her working method as “weaving a canvas with an image in it.” In making this piece, Cook wove cloth of heavy industrial white rayon (used to make tires), which she then softened by washing before running it through the press. Prior to weaving the cloth, she colored the individual threads with dyes. Together with the rayon’s light-reflective quality, these dyes give the weaving its metallic look.

Archive Label:
A native Californian, Cook studied at Berkeley before embarking on her successful career, recently highlighted by an exhibition at the Galerie Nationale de la Tapisserie et d’Art Textile in Beauvais, France.
Cook has described her working method as “weaving a canvas with an image in it.” In making this piece, Cook wove cloth of heavy industrial white rayon (used to make tires), which she then softened by washing before running it through a press. Prior to weaving the cloth, she colored the individual threads with dyes. Together with the rayon’s light-reflective quality, these dyes give the weaving its metallic look.