The committee did not like that idea at all.... too complex they said. I responded by saying it sounded as though they wanted me to do my thesis on how to make art with a knitting machine. They asked me to calm down. [I'm alway calm :) ] So, here are some passages from my thesis report with images.
The earliest knitted piece was a simple panel about eight feet long and about 30 inches wide. I would knit three stitches, float the thread across the width of the piece, and then do 3 more stitches. What you see is essentially clothe with only selvidge.... nothing but loose yarn in the middle.
I began approaching this work as an exploration of limitations. How could I vary a thing that was unlimited in length, but limited to 30" in width?
I combined the single panel with three others and moved it away from the wall.
Then I spread the four pieces apart and made them portable for a traveling show.
A friend owned a yarn shop with an odd front window... she let install a piece there. There are only four panels, but the bar in the window and the draping make it appear that there are six.
Here are some more pix and here are more images scanned from past slides
Continued Thanks to Ariel MIS for hosting my pages.