Detailed account of wool sourcing and transformation reveals hidden histories and labor
Engages readers with close observation of everyday materials and processes
Highlights the intersection of landscape, history, and textile production
批判性视角促使思考全球化对纺织品的影响
Summarized by Shop
Every summer from 2012-2019, a group of commercial wool-buyers converged on the Navajo Nation to purchase raw wool from Diné producers. The wool was shipped to Ohio for sorting then onto South Carolina for scouring. In the process, the wool transformed from a material with a visible origin & history into a generic commodity dispersed
