They are stitched, woven, draped, knotted, wrapped -- and even animated in Richard Garet's "Scroll," a hypnotic video of a spool of string being continuously unwound.
A Barbie in a purple dress lay on the kitchen table, next to a spool of string that Mr. Hall and his 10-year-old son had been using early that day to try to fly a kite in the backyard.
His younger brother, Prahlad, remembers how he had to hold the spool of string while Narendra did the flying.
Spools of racquet string and rolls of grip tape were strewn across the dresser.
As his spools of plastic string lay in a pile beneath his easel they resembled a smattering of paints on a terranean palette.
Last Tuesday afternoon, a group of Cooper Union alumni gathered on the sidewalk in front of the school's Foundation Building, on Third Avenue just south of Astor Place, carrying a tank of helium, a spool of kite string, and a large stash of balloons.
By Reid Singer Last Tuesday afternoon, a group of Cooper Union alumni gathered on the sidewalk in front of the school's Foundation Building, on Third Avenue just south of Astor Place, carrying a tank of helium, a spool of kite string, and a large stash of balloons.
Regardless, grab a spool of elastic string, pony beads of your choice, and a pair of scissors.
On one side of the benches were spools of white and orange string, masking tape, keys and paper; on the other Mr. Spence sat with his back to us.
