artist, weaver
Ruth Halbert Turn SWAN2022 Photo Christopher Young small 2.jpg

Turn

 

Turn is a Möbius made from a simple rectangular piece of handwoven cloth, identical on both sides. Removing and adding warp and weft threads throughout the weaving process changed the density and transparency of the cloth in a gradient which can be followed around the infinite loop. A slight but strong linen yarn supports the form as it hangs in space.

A Möbius has no right or wrong side, no top or bottom and no beginning or end. In these fragmented, polarised times the Möbius seems to promise an enigmatic wholeness.

(from catalogue from South West Art Now 2022)