Delicate Wool Organs

July 14th, 2008 by misvan

Wool brain

Wool heart

Wool guts

Sarah Hillenberger uses a variety of media to create her beautiful pieces of art.  Here she uses delicate wool to knit a brain, a heart, and the intestines.  They look so soft and fragile like they would break apart from the slightest touch.

[submitted by Heather]



11 Responses to “Delicate Wool Organs”

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    1Thomas

    Soft and nice, yes - but fragile? Wool things don’t break, do they? Unless you put them in the freezer first :-)

    Comment on Jul 14th, 2008 at 3:30 pm  
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    2louis

    think this is what babies’ organs look like…
    how do they get washed? by hand, cold water?
    wish i could do that with my insides sometmes, make them soft and fresh clean again.

    Comment on Jul 14th, 2008 at 4:01 pm  
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    3misvan

    Thomas – guess I should have said they look like they can unravel easily? ;)

    Comment on Jul 14th, 2008 at 5:17 pm  
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    4carol labranche

    Not an oriiginal pattern…the entire digestive system was published on the internet over a year ago, she is just doing the intestine part. give credit where credit is due.

    Comment on Jul 16th, 2008 at 1:10 pm  
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    5misvan

    carol- do you have a link to the pattern that was published on the Internet a year ago? I don’t knit so this question maybe be my naivety speaking, but is it wrong to copy a pattern and make it your own?

    Comment on Jul 16th, 2008 at 6:26 pm  
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    6Hanna

    Wow, I never knew you could make those designs with simple wool. THey look pretty cool it must have taken a long time however to make them. You will never see me sitting down and doing that it be too hard for me.

    Comment on Jul 17th, 2008 at 7:51 am  
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    7knittista

    Here is the link to the digestive system

    http://www.strangebuttrewe.com/knitGI.htm

    Comment on Jul 24th, 2008 at 2:41 pm  
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    8misvan

    Thanks for the link knittista. Looks like Sarah did a fine job following the pattern and putting her own artistic touch to it.

    Comment on Jul 24th, 2008 at 3:03 pm  
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    9katiehov

    i especially love the delicacy of the coronary vessels on the heart.

    Comment on Jul 24th, 2008 at 4:38 pm  
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