Hand Woven Linen (details); 144" x 9" and 108" x 7" 2016
Sometimes I write and talk as though the things I am weaving now
are inherently different from the tapestries I have woven before.
are inherently different from the tapestries I have woven before.
Blue Day; Hand Woven Tapestry; 48" x 36" Wool; Natural Dye 2007
But the more weft I tuck into warp
the more I see the work as a continuum--
an endless series of questions
about time, texture,
and the feeling of the breeze through a window.
the more I see the work as a continuum--
an endless series of questions
about time, texture,
and the feeling of the breeze through a window.
Hand Woven Wool; Hand Spun Suffolk X; 72" x 9" 2016
There are just so many ways to play with light,
The Last Few Pages; Hand Woven Tapestry; 18" x 24" Hand Spun Wool Warp and Weft; Natural Dye; 2003
so many ways that light plays with us.
Light/shadow/linen/ backstrap loom; 2016
Mary Magdalene and Maud; Hand Woven Tapestry; 22" x 32"; hand spun wool warp and weft; natural dye; 2003
Hand Woven Wool (Suffolk X); Hand Spun; natural dye; 72" x 9" 2016
And how might a particular piece of cloth really feel?
How might it flow?
Fresh Peppermint Tea; Hand Woven Tapestry; 36" x 24"' ;Hand Spun Wool arp and weft; 36" x 24" 2002
What does it mean to look through?
Work in Progress; Backstrap Loom; Hand Spun Wool; 2016
What does it mean
to be on this side, or that
of a piece of cloth, a window, an illusion?
to be on this side, or that
of a piece of cloth, a window, an illusion?
"It"s Raining" said the Lady with the Alligator Purse (detail); hand woven tapestry book ; laminated fabric; 8" x 10" x 2"; wool, natural dye; cotton, hemp, linen twine; 2014
I'm not sure I will ever know.
Hand Woven Wool (Polypay); Hand spun singles (approx 4500 yards per pound set at 12 epi); 72" x 9" 2016
But that, as ever, is the point.
And anyway, it's all plain weave to me.
And anyway, it's all plain weave to me.
