Textile, "Crocodile", 2007
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We acquired this object in 2007
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- Object ID: 18711335
- Accession Number: 2007-44-1
- Acquired: 2007
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2DUee/
- Textile, "Crocodile", 2007. 2007. Medium: PPS (polyphenylene sulfide), wool Technique: melt-off, shibori-dyed, and felted. Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. 2007-44-1.
Length of metallic silver and black fabric with a variably puckered surface that resembles the skin of a crocodile.
Crocodile represents Arai’s experimentation with the material polyphenylene sulfide, a highly flame-resistant cloth. The textile is composed of not only PPS, but also wool, and the surface texture, which looks similar to the skin of a crocodile, is achieved by combining a melt-off technique with shibori and felting. He has been working with PPS for almost twenty years, but it was only in 2004 that he completed his experimentation and filed for a patent, however, the stainless steel color of PPS in Crocodile was developed in 2006. 
This textile is medium: pps (polyphenylene sulfide), wool technique: melt-off, shibori-dyed, and felted. Its dimensions are: H x W: 480.1 x 98.4 cm (15 ft. 9 in. x 38 3/4 in.).
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund. Its provenance is Purchased from the designer through Gallery Gen in 2007. (Purchase) We acquired this object in 2007.
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