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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Linea del Tiempo, an installation of eighteen hanging wool skeins by Gutiérrez, each dyed a different shade, demonstrates the process.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
When the hagfish lets loose with a shot of slime, the skeins uncoil and combine with the salt water, blowing up more than 10,000 times its original size.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
After every last doily, every stitch of fabric, each skein of yard has been bought; once even the very fixtures and shelves are sold off, Wells will lock the door for the last time and walk away.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
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Noun
From wisps of activity, elaborate skeins of experience arise.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2024
Linea del Tiempo, an installation of eighteen hanging wool skeins by Gutiérrez, each dyed a different shade, demonstrates the process.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
When the hagfish lets loose with a shot of slime, the skeins uncoil and combine with the salt water, blowing up more than 10,000 times its original size.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 20 June 2024
After every last doily, every stitch of fabric, each skein of yard has been bought; once even the very fixtures and shelves are sold off, Wells will lock the door for the last time and walk away.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 25 Feb. 2024
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“Skein.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/skein. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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