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Sea Saw by Sheila O'Hara — VisualArtsDB

Sea Saw

Sea Saw

1991

Medium: Polyester and cotton, satin, twill, and plain weaves self-patterned by complementary wefts in satin, twill and plain interlacings; woven with CAD/CAM system connected to loom with Jacquard attachment
Dimensions: 196.4 × 136.2 cm (77 1/4 × 53 5/8 in.); Repeat: 99.7 × 68.5 cm (39 1/4 × 27 in.)
Genre: textile
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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cotton (textile)underwatertwillsatinSeafiber artfishweaving on loom with jacquard attachmentcomputer image-making processesOceanTextileweavingcoralpolyesterplain weaving