Gunta Stolzl Carpet

Gunta stölzl excerpt from the development of the bauhaus weaving workshop 1931 discussing the weimar years.

Gunta stolzl carpet.

Sometimes we sat together and tried to solve problems of construction. 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. Design for a multi coloured carpet.

I learned from gunta who was a great teacher. 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. Weaving is an old craft which has evolved principles upon which even the mechnical loom must still build today. Decorative painting glass painting ceramics and art history.

A carpet by gunta stölzl in 1923. 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. Her father teacher and school director recognizes and furthers her talents. 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.

She continued this effort through the rest of her time at the bauhaus. Gunta stölzl is well known for her work to change the perception of weaving. Gunta stölzl the transfer to dessau brought the weaving workshop as well as all the other workshops and departments new and healthier conditions. 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.

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. We sat down and tried to do it.