Center for Craft

Center

| Craft is for everyone

Building a future for craft.

Support

Center for Craft

Center

| Building a future for craft

Building a future for craft.

Event & Meeting Space

Cowork

Grant Recipient

Eliza West

Craft Research Fund—Graduate Grant

2019

Milled Fit for Trousers

Woolen cloth was a staple in the wardrobes of late-eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century Americans. Whether imported or domestically produced, this cloth went through a series of finishing processes after it was woven, to give it the properties desirable for garments or other uses. During this period in the mid-Atlantic, cloth finishing was typically carried out by craftspeople known as fullers at water-powered fulling mills. The trade of cloth finishing makes use of the inherent properties of wool fiber and can transform both the look and function of woolen cloth in a wide variety of ways. This thesis places the work of fullers into physical, social, and technological context. It explores the role of fulling in the production of cloth and the skills and knowledge which belonged to American country fullers.

Bio of the Artist

Organization Background

Newark, DE

Winterthur Program in American Material Culture

$5,000

No items found.

Visit WEBSITE

→

→

→

→

→

Selected works

No items found.

meet more recipients

Craft Research Fund—Graduate Grant

2008

Scott Perkins

Craft Research Fund—Graduate Grant

2010

Monika Schiavo

Craft Research Fund—Graduate Grant

2011

Sequoia Miller