Heads and Dolls

For this project I began looking at personal collections and collections within museums and galleries. I was instantly drawn to the dolls and figurines in the collections section of Manchester Art Gallery. Therefore I created small dolls out of burnt matches and attached little knitted dresses to them. I dropped the dolls into a sample made up of a series of circular knitting on the Dubied machines. I also made animal heads with yarn wound around them and incorporated them into Intarsia knitted samples.
The artist Susie Freeman was of influence to this project, as many of her pieces involve items dropped into knit.

Susie Freeman 'Fag Dress'