Margo Collett, Anne McCants
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This course explores a wide range of medieval textile and clothing production technologies, offering students hands on experience in their use. We will work with a raw fleece; card and spin the wool; use simple looms to weave a belt; dye a variety of fabrics; and design/construct a single garment - either a cloak or tunic. All materials provided.
This course will question typical characterization of medieval textile work as unskilled, as well as consider distinctions usually made between activities labeled as crafts versus those labeled as art.
Sponsor(s): History
Contact: Anne E. C. McCants, E51-291, 2586669, amccants@mit.edu
Jan/21 | Thu | 09:00AM-04:00PM | E51-095 |
Jan/22 | Fri | 09:00AM-04:00PM | E51-095 |