Selected Tapestries and Other Unexpected Objects,
2016 part 2--2017
In which I am seduced by a backstrap loom--
"It's just an experiment"
and meet an elusive part of my psyche.

Testing Time; Hand Woven Tapestry (backstrap loom); hand spun wool; 2.5" x 12"

From Words to Woven; Hand Woven Tapestry (backstrap loom); hand spun wool; walnut dye; 9" x 55"

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First, tapestries with words,
 then hand woven needlepoint canvas
with stitched words,
then needlepoint canvas too lovely to stitch,
then 
yarn and air--
elemental cloth.

On Her Way Upriver, coracle-laden and light of heart she...(detail); hand woven tapestry; wool, silk; natural dye; 3" x 40"

On Her Way Upriver, coracle-laden and light of heart she...; hand woven tapestry; wool, silk; natural dye; 3" x 40"

On Her Way Upriver, coracle-laden and light of heart she...; hand woven tapestry; wool, silk; natural dye; 3" x 40"

And Then She brushed away her last crumbs...; Hand Woven Tapestry; linen, wool, natural and synthetic dye (the pink yarn for 'conviction' that bled); 3" x 45"

And Then She brushed away her last crumbs...; Hand Woven Tapestry; linen, wool, natural and synthetic dye (the pink yarn for 'conviction' that bled); 3" x 45"

And Then She brushed away her last crumbs...; Hand Woven Tapestry; linen, wool, natural and synthetic dye (the pink yarn for 'conviction' that bled); 3" x 45"

If Not for these first crisp apples and the promise of rain--an end to the tyranny of exquisite days (detail) ; Tapestry and Needlepoint; linen; hand spun wool; natural dye; 2" x 68"

If Not for these first crisp apples and the promise of rain--an end to the tyranny of exquisite days (detail) ; Tapestry and Needlepoint; linen; hand spun wool; natural dye; 2" x 68"

If Not for these first crisp apples and the promise of rain--an end to the tyranny of exquisite days (detail) ; Tapestry and Needlepoint; linen; hand spun wool; natural dye; 2" x 68"

If Not for these first crisp apples and the promise of rain--an end to the tyranny of exquisite days (detail) ; Tapestry and Needlepoint; linen; hand spun wool; natural dye; 2" x 68"

The Click of Needles, the thunk of a book weight, the sough of a turning page; Hand Woven Tapestry; stitching; linen; hand spun wool; natural dye; 3" x 44"

The Click of Needles, the thunk of a book weight, the sough of a turning page (detail); hand woven tapestry; stitching; linen; hand spun wool; natural dye; 3" x 44"

The Click of Needles, the thunk of a book weight, the sough of a turning page (detail); hand woven tapestry; stitching; linen; hand spun wool; natural dye; 3" x 44"

If Not For The Times I fucked it up, the times I didn't fuck it up, and the times when a fuckup saved the day (detail); Hand Woven Needlepoint Canvas; Stitching; linen; wool; natural dye; 2" x 110"

If Not For The Times I fucked it up, the times I didn't fuck it up, and the times when a fuckup saved the day (detail); Hand Woven Needlepoint Canvas; Stitching; linen; wool; natural dye; 2" x 110"

If Not For The Times I fucked it up, the times I didn't fuck it up, and the times when a fuckup saved the day (detail); Hand Woven Needlepoint Canvas; Stitching; linen; wool; natural dye; 2" x 110"

Dappled Sun, Yarn (detail); hand woven tapestry; hand spun wool; natural dye; 3" x 14"

There Is Probably something else to do, but so what? hand woven tapestry; hand spun wool; natural dye; 2" x 31"

Hand Woven Linen; backstrap loom

Hand woven, hand spun Poly Pay fleece; backstrap loom

Bojagi Blanket Plain Weave; backstrap loom; hand spun wool (various), linen; natural dyes; 60” x 60”

Blanket of Light II (detail); Plain Weave; backstrap loom; linen; 110” x 35”

Blanket of Blue (detail); Plain Weave; backstrap loom; hand spun wool (Polypay); indigo dye; 115”x 45”

Blanket of Fog: Plain Weave; backstrap loom; hand spun wool (Cormo); 60” x 55”

Blanket of Fog (detail in progress): Plain Weave; backstrap loom; hand spun wool (Cormo); 60” x 55”

Blanket of Light 1 (linen), Blanket of Fog (cormo wool), Blanket of Snow (Polypay wool); Latimer Center, Tillamook, OR 2017

Blanket of Fog (detail in progress): Plain Weave; backstrap loom; hand spun wool (Cormo); 60” x 55”

Blanket of Snow (detail in progress); Plain Weave; backstrap loom; hand spun wool (Polypay); 115”x 45”

Blanket of Light I (detail); Plain Weave; backstrap loom; linen; 110” x 35”

Blanket of Snow (detail in process) ; Plain Weave; backstrap loom; hand spun wool (Polypay); 90” x 43”

This time was so thrilling
and traumatic
and overwhelming
that I had to write about it
to figure out
​what happened.

The Backstrap Dialogues; 56 page comic (with instructions); 8.5" x 5.5"; available in the Field Guide to Needlework Shop

on to 2018

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