OPERATIC EPICS
Image: William Kentridge in front of Carte Hypsométrique de l’Empire Russe, 2022. Hand-woven mohair tapestry. 400 x 600 cm. William Kentridge Studio, Johannesburg © William Kentridge.
In 2001, the acclaimed South African artist, William Kentridge, began making tapestries, in collaboration with the Stephens Tapestry Studio. Raw mohair from Angora goats farmed in the Eastern Cape, is carded, spun, and dyed in Eswatini. The threads are then transferred to the looms at the studio in Diepsloot, on the outskirts of Johannesburg...
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