Today on the blog, we're excited to feature a project designed by Claudia Chase. If you're brand new to tapestry weaving, this isn't a good project to start with.
Liz uses a variety of weaving looms - from the smallest pocket loom to a 12 shaft floor loom.
Mirrix Tapestry/Bead Cuff This kit contains the following: Brass cuff one inch wide C-Lon Cord Various yarns 8/0 and 11/0 seed beads u...
My studio table has been covered with mounting projects for a few weeks now. I sold a handful of small-format tapestries and not all of them were mounted. I also finished a small tapestry that was a donation to Petrified Forest National Park from my artist residency last November. (Read about that HERE.) I have been posting photos on Instagram as I worked on this but thought I'd show you the steps all in one place.
Dear Sarah, I just have to ask-- why are you sometimes so rude to me? " Why oh WHY did you do that thing back when you were eighteen? ??" you moan. " It would have been so much better if. .." If...
I started this post back when I first got my Saffron months ago. It hit the market this spring and what a game changer! Before the Saffron, we had some nice choices for small looms, but none of them involved a tensioning mechanism. And tapestry loves to be tensioned! I ca
One of the lovely things about being a creature of habit--
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After my husband and I made a set of pivoting clamps for my copper pipe tapestry looms, see this post: LINK I thought.... oh, would it ever be great if we could make a stand for the looms. I've been using a music stand as an easel, which works great for my little 8 inch…
Marianne Sadik sent me an email recently of a group photo of the weaving samplers the nine people in the summer beginners tapestry course. I have included it
Welcome to the Affinity Bracelet Weave-along Part 1. In this lesson we will start and finish an Affinity Bracelet. Because there are so many possibilities for the Affinity bracelets, we've decided to weave more than one. The first bracelet will be woven on a hand-painted silk warp (or if you have not purchased the silk…
Oh goody-- back to the blog after a whirligig of a month.
Contemporary loom woven bead jewelry by Judie Spencer. Original designs featuring dramatic neck pieces, bracelets and earrings made with high quality Japanese seed beads.
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I’ve written a lot about tapestry looms over the years. I’ve linked to some of those posts below. I get a lot of questions from new weavers about looms and which one might be the best for them. I’d like to summarize some of the things to look for in a tapestry loom. After that, the posts below will lead you to more information about the loom you’re interested in. I have started categorizing tapestry looms this way. * Untensioned frame looms: these are generally small looms that do not have a tensioning device. Examples are the Schacht Easel Weaver and the Handywoman Loom. * Tensioned frame looms: These are looms that could be larger than the untensioned frame looms that have a tensioning device. Examples are the Mirrix and the Glimakra Freja loom. * Beamed looms: These are looms that have two beams to hold the warp and the woven cloth. Examples are the Harrisville Rug Loom and the Tissart tapestry loom.
Last week I wrote a post about low-warp looms which you can read HERE. I use a low-warp loom for much of my weaving and we are partial to what we know. But I have been working hard to learn more about high-warp looms and have even used the ones I own more often lately. High-warp looms are the ones most people think of when you say tapestry. The warp runs mostly perpendicular to the floor and the work sits in front of the weaver much like it would when hung on a wall.
Bead and tapestry looms for everyone from the novice crafter to the professional artist. They can make everything from beaded jewelry to tapestry wall-hangings.
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I had so much fun talking the mother-daughter team behind Mirrix Looms, Claudia Chase and Elena Zuyok. Claudia founded Mirrix Looms in 1996 when she wanted a portable loom that she could take to weave with at her children’s sports games. 22 years later Mirrix Looms is a beloved company and loom used by tapestry weavers
