Blog: Musings on Textile Art
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No Longer Lost in the Metaverse
2023-06-08 18:29:11 UTC
Today’s blog post is in follow up to two of my previous posts: Lost in the Metaverse (January, 2022) and Mining Historic Textiles as a Route to the Future (March, 2020). That January 2022 post was primarily an excuse to show some work in progress photos and let you know…
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A Visit with Tapestry Artist Jennifer Sargent
2023-04-17 23:22:00 UTC
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On a recent trip to Memphis, I had time to catch up with tapestry artist Jennifer Sargent. I had the pleasure of taking a workshop with Jennifer in 2022. I find her work very inspiring, especially her control over small and complex areas of open warps.
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Jennifer Sargent, The Winter…
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IRL 2022
2022-12-31 15:28:17 UTC
2022 felt like coming out of a coma.
I returned to my traveling ways and saw many exhibitions featuring amazing textile art. I blogged about a few of these exhibitions, but there was so much more that I was able to see this year. Here are my picks for the…
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The Hundertwasser Tapestries: Part 2
2022-12-06 14:36:00 UTC
My last post was Part 1 of my article about the Hundertwasser Tapestries. If you have not read that post yet, please go back and read the background story before continuing on
The Austrian weaver Fritz Riedel established a Gobelin style tapestry studio in Mexico in 1968.* The studio wove…
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The Hundertwasser Tapestries: Part 1
2022-12-05 18:19:00 UTC
Vienna is a museum lover’s paradise. There you will find palaces filled with the vast treasures of the Hapsburg dynasty as well as Vienna’s modern masters, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. But the highlight of my recent trip to Vienna was a small, quirky little museum called the Museum Hundertwasser…
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In the Galleries: Christina Forrer, Again
2022-10-15 22:42:44 UTC
For my birthday, I was able to make a quick trip to New York City for an infusion of artistic inspiration. I had a divine day visiting a few selected shows featuring tapestry and textile art. I feel inspired to share my experiences, so here goes….
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The author’s husband attempts…
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In the Galleries: Igshan Adams
2022-06-12 17:08:00 UTC
I am totally obsessed with the weavings of Igshan Adams. I’ve been wanting to see the work of this South African artist IRL for quite some time. I narrowly missed my chance to see his show at the Casey Kaplan Gallery in New York last year. So, I just had…
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Lost in the Metaverse
2022-01-03 20:12:34 UTC
Wow. It has been a long time since I posted, eh? As 2022 begins, it is time to look back at what I’ve been up to in the studio for the last six months and what I am looking forward to in 2022.
I have been working on a very…
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For Weavers Only: More Erin Riley Tapestries
2021-06-30 20:05:00 UTC
In my last post, I focused on the themes and content of Erin Riley’s work as recently exhibited at PPOW Gallery. For this post, I just want to share “weaving porn.” Not weaving (verb) pornography (noun) – although Erin has done that – but “weaving porn” as in what turns…
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In the Galleries: Erin M. Riley at PPOW
2021-06-25 00:34:11 UTC
I had the good fortune to catch Erin Riley’s recent showing at PPOW Gallery in New York. Entitled “The Consensual Reality of Healing Fantasies,” the show featured sixteen tapestries, half of which exceeded 8 feet in height or width and all of which were woven in 2020. (If this reality…