Blanket of Fog; 60" x 60"; Hand woven (backstrap loom); Hand spun (spindle); wool (Cormo and cormo x)
I cannot stop staring at this cloth.
The way it moves in space is mesmerizing (at least to me),
and the way it feels -- almost like it is not there
but better.
The way it moves in space is mesmerizing (at least to me),
and the way it feels -- almost like it is not there
but better.
White Cormo x with the warp threaded with alternate singles and plied strands. Singles weft
Each time I sew these panels together I am newly surprised
by how much pleasure I get from their finished physical presence--
as much, indeed, as I receive from making them..
by how much pleasure I get from their finished physical presence--
as much, indeed, as I receive from making them..
Same as above on left. Right: warp= 2 plied (grey and white), 2 singles; singles grey weft
Perhaps it is because, after years of using value and color
to depict the play of light and air on objects,
my yarn now gets to play these elemental forces all by itself.
to depict the play of light and air on objects,
my yarn now gets to play these elemental forces all by itself.
Upper left and center described above; bottom: 2 plied grey, 2 plied white with singles white weft
And since light has been informing all of the work,
the old and new are connected in an unexpected and essential way,
Or maybe it is not that at all
but rather because I don't really know what it is,
I keep being amazed.
the old and new are connected in an unexpected and essential way,
Or maybe it is not that at all
but rather because I don't really know what it is,
I keep being amazed.
Singles grey warp and weft on the right. On the left, alternating two plied, two singles again, with a grey weft Or maybe,
isn't knowing that matters at all,
but noticing.
isn't knowing that matters at all,
but noticing.
Blanket of Fog; 60" x 60"; Hand woven (backstrap loom); Hand spun (spindle); wool (Cormo and cormo x)
