#vorwerk

Gerhard Richter, 1024 Colors carpet,

Vorwerk, Germany, 1988,

Multiple tufted nylon,

THEY HAVE ARRRRIIVED.

MY BABIES.

MY PEEP PEEPS.

My sweet little vorwerk babies.

Currently around a week old there are six vorwerk bubs in here, I believe four to be girls. I’m so excited to see em grow :D

For all my iz buddies I have to apologise for the lack of updates, I’ve already worked 40 hours this week and today was my day off which I spent driving 3 hours for chickens x.x

An ode to Vorwerks.

I love vorwerks, they’re a heritage German breed in a beautiful orange color with big red combs and white ears. They’re very pretty birds, and quite friendly. Unfortunately... when my seven came to me, one was very ill and I lost it on the first night. The others were doing okay until they started to develop signs of a respiratory illness. I believe they were carriers before they came to me, and that sort of illness is quick spreading. Over the course of many weeks a lot of my birds became ill, so much that I had to cull several of them myself- something I’d never had to do before, and still get upset over when I think of it- and of the seven Vorwerks, I have none, the last one passed only two days ago. As well as them I lost pipsqeuaks sibling, my wheaten maran- Margaret- my rosecomb hen, and I’m still dealing with illness amongst the flock.

Sam Francis, "Untitled" (Carpet)

Machine-woven wool7'11" × 5'6" in (241 × 169 cm)

This work is from the incomplete edition of 100 published by Arterior Collection, Vorwerk, Germany. Due to changes in the company, the full edition was never completed.

This work is registered in the Sam Francis Online Catalogue Raisonné as number SFEPH.9A.

Literature: International Design Yearbook, Vol. 8, 1993, Sipek, pg. 163