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Molly Tufnell 'Stitches the Universe'

Contemporary Artist and Teacher

2002 BE VISIBLE STITCH ATTRACTORS

This work responds to the hidden structures, and systems, which are part of our everyday lives. When learning a particular stitch, we use diagrams as well as sight of the actual stitch to help us; but these methods only give a partial picture. Working virtually, my stitching does not exist in a material or conventional sense, but instead captures the essence of the symbiosis of movement between maker and stitch.
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Be Visible Back Stitch Attractor I
A Single Row of 3 Back Stitches
Limited Edition Giclee digital print - a few still available
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Be Visible Back Stitch Attractor II
3 Rows of Back Stitches
Limited Edition Giclee digital print - a few still available
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Be Visible Running Stitch Attractor I
A Single Row of 3 Running Stitches
Limited Edition Giclee digital print
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Be Visible Running Stitch Attractor II
3 Rows of Back Stitches
Limited Edition Giclee digital print

These pieces, digitally recorded, map and make visible repeated, complete pathways of needle, thread, hand and arm, to show the structures of the dynamic systems that are my Attractors for both Back and Running Stitches.
N.B. Phase space is an imaginary three-dimensional mathematical space where all possible motions of a dynamic system can be visualised as geometric shapes called Attractors