The Met’s Watson library is home to the first editions of Diderot Encyclopedie, etched bound books dedicated to the world’s knowledge, made in the 1700s. Each student was seated at a book opened for exploration, different volumes consisted of pictures of nature, mechanics, fabrics, weavings, anthropology and more. I found the section of fibers and fabrics intriguing, my first word choice is “knot”, I found the process of weaving and fabric making interesting. I unintentionally took photographs of hands, I feel that expanding on the verbs that hands produce could be interesting to explore. I have a personal interest in chair design, so the etched images of chairs interested me, I could potentially explore situations where a chair was used in literature pieces or art.
words:
HAND/AMANEUSIS
CHAIR
KNOT
