A Tithe of Teasels
By
Gillian Widden
2015
Dimensions
H52 x W85 x D27
Fuller's teasels threaded on to wire and dyed back using Indian ink. The basket is then filled with a bushel's worth of teasels. In Somerset, historical records show that Fuller's teasels were sometimes used to pay tithes.
Gather-ing Commission for Somerset Art Works and the Somerset National Trust for site specific work at Stoke Sub Hamdon Priory, Somerset. Curated by Craftspace.
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