After the last post, I was traveling most of the time for 4 months. Being away from the studio is limiting, I can't take my big tapestry loom with me, so the tapestry I started way back when is just a border so far. Sigh.
I made some small tapestries on travel looms. First I worked on wedge weave, which I learned in a workshop with Connie Lippert last year. I really enjoy it. I don't plan these, they just kind of happen. That's a different way of working for me. If you don't know, wedge weave is woven on the diagonal instead of horizontally. It required a different way of thinking. Above is "Wind on the Water," my favorite wedge weave so far.
Later, I wove 2 very small tapestries on my Hokett loom, based on photos I took at the Valere Basilica in Sion, Valais, Switzerland. One is a detail of this lovely stone roofed house. The Hokett looms fit easily in my suitcase.Coming home just before Thanksgiving, it took me a while to get back into the studio. One distraction was the enormous (93 year old, I counted the rings) oak tree that had fallen on both of our cars while we were away.
In March, we lost 8 trees in a nor'easter, and are still waiting for the yard to be repaired, sigh.
I promise to post again before next year. There is news on the tapestry diary front.
2 comments:
Hello, I am a member of the Tucson Handweavers and spinners Guild. We are looking for workshops for the coming year. Do you ever do workshops for guilds? Please contact me. Liesbeth
Hi Liesbeth, I don't know if this will get to you, but I don't have any other contact info for you. I do occasional workshops close to home, but I don't travel for them.....I spend too much time traveling anyway, visiting grandkids etc. And it's just too much prep work, too much stuff to drag along. Sorry.
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