Design and Weaving
This section oversees a collection of notes, drawings and weavings created by Anna Apinis, showcasing traditional Latvian weaving designs and techniques.
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Drawing - 'Notes and drawings by Anna Apinis'
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Anna spent hours at the Ethnographic Museum near her high school recording traditional fabric designs in her notebooks.
She continued compiling these notebooks throughout her years in Memmingen Displaced Persons Camp (Germany). Anna brought the precious notebooks from Europe when she immigrated to Australia.
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Drawing - 'Ervins Apinis' technical drawings for Anna's weaving loom', c.1949
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Ervins Apinis was actively involved in helping Anna with her craft.
Drawing - ''Ervins Apinis' technical drawings for Anna's weaving loom', c.1949
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As Anna's 'silent partner', Ervins used his engineering skills to draw plans of Anna's loom at Memmingen Displaced Persons Camp in Germany.
Drawing - 'Ervins Apinis' technical drawings for Anna's weaving loom', c.1949
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Ervins also designed and built an unplying machine and other weaving devices used by Anna.
Textile - Anita Apinis-Herman (weaver), 'Woven Rug - Zemgale region, Latvia', 1970s, Museums Victoria
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Woven on a table loom, this rug was made in the late seventies when rug weaving was popular.
Anita has used some yarn dyed with eucalyptus leaves. The pattern is a typically Latvian design called ‘rosepath’ and is used in the national dress of the Zemgale region in Latvia.
Textile - Anita Apinis-Herman (weaver), 'Length of red fabric - Nica Region, Latvia', Museums Victoria
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This cloth was woven in the traditional colours and patterns of the Nica region on the west coast of Latvia.
It was produced on a four shaft table loom using satin weave and an inlay pattern. It was copied from a sample seen in the Displaced Persons Camp in Memmingen, Germany, by the weaver's mother Anna.
Textile - Anna Apinis (weaver), 'Length of blue and yellow fabric - Zemgale Region, Latvia', Museums Victoria
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Anna made this fabric for her daughter as part of a Latvian national costume when her daughter finished Latvian high school in Sydney.
It is indicative of the patterns of the Zemgale region from which Anna comes.
Textile - Anna Apinis (creator), 'Length of blue and yellow fabric - Zemgale Region, Latvia', Museums Victoria
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It was woven on a traditional countermarch draw-loom using 17 shafts.
The loom was constructed in Memmingen, Germany in the Displaced Persons Camp in 1948.
Textile - Anna Apinis (creator), 'Length of black fabric - Zemgale Region, Latvia', Museums Victoria
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This fabric length was an experimental piece for Anna.
It combines traditional Latvian patterns indicative of the Zemgale region from which she comes but utilises a contemporary colour scheme. It was woven on a hand made draw loom using 11 shafts.
Anna Apinis (creator), 'Length of black fabric - Zemgale Region, Latvia', Museums Victoria
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Anna made this piece for an order for a national costume to be worn at Latvian functions.
Although it was made as a skirt length it was displayed as a wall hanging for many years. The pattern features the Northern Star or ‘Auseklis’ motif, one of the most popular motifs in Latvian design.
Anna Apinis (creator), 'Woven Belt - Zemgale Region, Latvia', Museums Victoria
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Anna made this belt for her daughter to wear as part of a Zemgale national costume when she finished high school.
The ornateness of this belt indicates that it is part of a woman's costume. It was woven on a hand-made back-strap loom using the ‘pick-up’ technique.
The belt utilises traditional Latvian patterns symbolising the ‘Morning Star’.
