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Work shown at Expanding the Girths, an exhibition of traditional and contemporary ply-split braiding, West Ox Arts Gallery, Bampton, England, September 28 - October 21, 2001
In the foreground: Two ply-split sling bags by Erroll Pires, India. Copyright Erroll Pires, 2001.
"I have been practicing ply-split braiding for 16 years and have invented a technique called ply-split interlinking. With this technique I have developed seamless garments, bags, belts and containers. I also experiment with tye-dyeing techniques on the cotton cords that I use."
--Erroll Pires
In the background: Ply-Split Stainless Steel Basket by Linda Hendrickson.
The stainless steel yarn used for this basket is made up of filaments finer than a human hair. Although the basket is 100% steel, it is very flexible.
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