Blog: Musings on Textile Art
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Paper Art in World of Threads
31 Oct 2018
Some of the strongest work in World of Threads is paper art, be it cast, collaged, or stitched. Although it is not in the main gallery, I would argue that the centerpiece of the entire Festival is an installation made of cast paper by the young Korean-American artist Sun Young…
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Stitchin’ Magicians: More from World of Threads
26 Oct 2018
I must confess that I break out in hives at the mere sight of my sewing machine, but that doesn’t stop me from admiring what other artists are able to do with this tool. There were more examples of sewn constructions, art quilts, and hand and machine embroidered work in…
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Tapestry at the World of Threads Festival
23 Oct 2018
I recently traveled to Oakville, Ontario for the exhibition opening of the 2018 World of Threads Festival. I’m not exactly sure when I first became aware of World of Threads, but only fairly recently. This was my first time entering, but I’m sure it will not be my last.
The…
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Late to the Party: Threads of Resistance
30 Sep 2018
I’ve recently finished a piece that is inspired by the toxic political divide we now endure. It is called “Lose/Lose” and it consists of nine 4” x 4” tapestries with embroidered and beaded embellishment
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Lose/Lose, 16 x 16 inches, wool, silk, beads.
This piece is a continuation of an older…
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Warp-tastic
23 Aug 2018
After a lot of travel and time away from the studio, my latest piece is finally finished! I’ve titled it “Lotus Lines.”
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Lotus Lines, 42”x36”
If you read my last blog post, you know that I wove this tapestry on its side, leaving gaps for the warps to span. I…
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What’s on the Loom?
21 May 2018
My current project is a ‘baby step’ out of the box, for me. I am still working with my lotus pond source material, but I am doing several things, both design wise and technique wise, that I have never done before. I am about half-way done on this project and…
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Hanging the Beast
04 May 2018
Recently, I completed the largest tapestry I have ever attempted. By European standards, it is not all that big, but at 60” x 60” it seems downright huge to me. It is twice the size of anything I have ever woven before. When it comes to hanging tapestries, I have…
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Je Suis un Lissier
16 Apr 2018
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I trace my tapestry “lineage” to the French tradition through Mary Lane via Ruth Scheuer via Jean Pierre Larochette and the San Francisco Tapestry Workshop, active 1977-1988. How Jean Pierre ended up in the USA in the first place is a fascinating story. To learn about this historical period, I…
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How an Iowa Girl found her Tapestry Groove
05 Apr 2018
I think it is only fitting to start this blog adventure at the beginning and tell my story: what attracted me to textiles in the first place, and how in the heck did I get into tapestry weaving? It is a good question.
I grew up in Iowa. Like just…