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Rugs by Ptolemy Mann

02/11/2015

I’ve featured Ptolemy Mann’s work here before but this was the first time I’d seen her pile rug and flatweave gelim collection in the flesh. These photos were taken at Design Junction.

Having made her name with the subtle use of colour in ikat, I enjoyed the satisfying combinations of her colour block designs too.

Ptolemy Mann (1) She connects formal concerns of colour with the practicality of functional objects, straddling the fields of art and design, something not generally appreciated by the fine art establishment. I’ve never been able to understand the disdain from fine art towards textiles – I suspect it’s to do with gender as much as anything else, not something this one-minute blog can cover in time!Ptolemy Mann (2) Ptolemy Mann (3)Ptolemy Mann (4)

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