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Smithsonian American Art Museum: Lia Cook: Textile Painter

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The artwork of Lia Cook, textile painter is profiled. Cook has a unique way of "weaving paintings" by dying silk cords, painting linen threads, and weaving them together to create figures and motifs.

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Concepts
textiles, weaving
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)