Women on the Loom

Authors

Wendy Yao, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Special Collections, Rhode Island School of DesignFollow
Fleet Library, Rhdoe Island School of DesignFollow

Files

Student Narrative

This artist book, which takes inspiration from the women's liberation movement, is shaped like a sewing thread and explores the intersection of the women's rights movement and the economic inequality of the times through the perspective of British female textile workers in the 1980s.

Publication Date

12-1-2024

Description

Entry for the 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest. Opening reception and award ceremony Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 6:30pm, Fleet Library, Main Reading Room. Juror: Roger S. Williams.

Keywords

artists' books; Baker & Whitehill

Disciplines

Book and Paper

Student Status

Undergraduate student

Year of Graduation

2028

Major

Experimental and Foundation Studies

Faculty / Course

Martie Holmer; EFS Design Studio

Materials + Techniques

Threads, ribbons, plastic reel, printed on fabric

Recommended Citation

Yao, Wendy; Collections, Special; and Library, Fleet, "Women on the Loom" (2024). 11th Baker & Whitehill Student Artists' Book Contest 2025. 55.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/bookcontest11th2025/55