Sheila Hicks: Lifelines design recycled wool stuffing

recycled wool stuffing

Resistant to boiling water

This catalog accompanies the ICA's exhibition Geoffrey Farmer

Making use of the medium’s most fundamentalaspects—paper

Fully lined with a thin layer of stretchy insulating fabric for extra warmth without the bulk

Sheila Hicks: Lifelines design recycled wool stuffingWith works ranging from tapestry to sculptures, from architectural decoration to installations, Sheila Hicks is a truly legendary figure of textile and installation art. A Hicks piece may deploy traditional fibers like cotton, wool and silk alongside, for example, porcupine quills, feathers or steel fibers; equally unexpected is the often monumental scale of her works, which frequently respond to the architecture surrounding them. An American who has