Gunta Stolzl Carpet

Weaving is an old craft which has evolved principles upon which even the mechnical loom must still build today.

Gunta stolzl carpet.

We were able to acquire the most varied loom systems kontermarsch shaft machine jacquard loom carpet knotting frame and in addition our own dyeing facilities. Her father teacher and school director recognizes and furthers her talents. A high degree of handcraft dexterity skill and understanding must be acquired and these are not as in the case of tapestry to be nourished by imaginative power or. Gunta stölzl 5 march 1897 22 april 1983 was a german textile artist who played a fundamental role in the development of the bauhaus school s weaving workshop.

A carpet by gunta stölzl in 1923. Sometimes we sat together and tried to solve problems of construction. Decorative painting glass painting ceramics and art history. We sat down and tried to do it.

Gunta stölzl is well known for her work to change the perception of weaving. I learned from gunta who was a great teacher. Gunta stölzl the transfer to dessau brought the weaving workshop as well as all the other workshops and departments new and healthier conditions. Design for a knotted carpet on bauhaus 100 site design for wall hanging mit gewendetem schuetzen on bauhaus 100 site ca 1923 21x18 cm bauhaus archive berlin.

Keeps diaries from 1911 onward with entries about friendships mountaineering and discussions of novels and philosophical readings. 1987 born in munich as adelgunde stölzl. Throughout various efforts she began to move the stereotype away from women s work and help it to be seen as the art it is. She continued this effort through the rest of her time at the bauhaus.

As the bauhaus only female master she created enormous change within the weaving department as it transitioned from individual pictorial works to modern industrial designs. 1913 16 studies at the kunstgewerbeschule school of arts and crafts in munich.