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Wool is hair
The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.
The workFlock, Folk, Field (New Order of Fashion), on the Dutch Design Week 2026 programme ddw.nlOther sources
- OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, 5.2 Accessory Structures of the Skin openstax.org
- neworderoffashion.com/ddw26 neworderoffashion.com
Images, slide by slide
- Slide 1
- A dark felted bust on a white plinth with a large headdress of long, pale, unspun wool, in a gallery with a blurred visitor behindPhoto: Nick Bookelaar/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Slide 2
- Two dark mannequins in shaggy wool and felt garments in front of a wall hung with pale, rough felt, beside a printed panel headed FlockPhoto: Nick Bookelaar/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Slide 3
- Diagram: a hair growing from a follicle through the dermis and epidermis, and a cross-section of the shaft showing cuticle, cortex and medullaImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax A&P 2e 5.2 (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
- Slide 4
- Cones of pink, blue and rose yarn and a twisted pink knit sample on a shelf made of cardboardPhoto: Nick Bookelaar/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Slide 5
- Two gloved hands, one yellow and one green, wringing a long rope of dyed blue-green wool over a tubPhoto: Kornel MaziecMuseum or journal record
- Slide 6
- A dark mannequin with clouds of white and pink raw wool on the head and one shoulder, against a crumpled pale backdropPhoto: Nick Bookelaar/Dutch Design WeekMuseum or journal record
- Ring frame
- Distaff (spinrok) of turned wood, c. 1690 to 1710, Rijksmuseum (BK-NM-1010-272)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record