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In  Unspooling die Gramgewinde: Writing with Gunta Stölzl on Grief-threads and Grief-portals  Indira Allegra considers the anatomy of the textile to contain more than warp and weft but to contain portals also—spaces between threads which are places of activity for both the maker and the viewer of the cloth. Allegra explores these Grief-portals as die Gewindeportale where losses which the weaver has experienced during the making of the cloth can be drawn through as Grief-threads or die Gramgewinde. By introducing these terms, Allegra begins theorizing spaces between threads within the field of textiles. Adjacent to this study is the analysis of Stölzl’s work within the frame of losses she experienced throughout her life. Allegra turns to Mel Y. Chen’s work on animacies and Sarah Ahmed’s work on phenomenology to establish the Grief-portal and the Grief-thread as being active participants in the production of Stölzl’s textiles. Through close readings of Stölzl’s letters to her brother, Allegra establishes the context for the artist’s experiences of loss while making upholstery fabric samples in Zurich, “Slit Tapestry Red/Green,” “Damast,” and “Pflanzenornament.” Allegra uses an epistolary praxis to demonstrate how Grief-portals in Stölzl’s textiles draw Grief-threads from the author’s own body regarding loss of the relationship.

Unspooling Die Gramgewinde: Writing with Gunta Stölzl on Grief-Threads and Grief-Portals