More Anton Alvarez

I try not to go over the same ground, but Anton Alvarez deserves an update. Alvarez has scaled up his thread wrapping machine and installed it in Gustavsberg Konsthall. From now until mid September he will be using the machine to create large scale objects that shift and evolve in space. Alvarez is still totally experimenting, but at the same time producing work of huge beauty and intelligence.
"By working with my invention I am constantly learning new ways of creating objects using the thread-wrapping technique. I can assemble wood, plastic and metal without using nails, screws or traditional methods of assembly. The object is held together by fine yarn which is covered with glue during the wrapping process. Repeated wrappings create strong, load-bearing joints at the same time that the item being created is covered with a decorative surface of differently coloured yarns”.