Today is the third anniversary of my signature online tapestry course, Warp and Weft: Learning the Structure of Tapestry . The launching of this course was my first step away from my career as a healthcare provider. Sure I had been working as a tapestry teacher and artist for many years prior, but
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This indoor area rug brings a simple contemporary style to your bedroom, living room, or home office. It features ivory stripes of varying lengths against a variegated navy background. This rug is handwoven and made of wool and cotton. It features a low pile that’s great for rolling out in high-traffic areas. Plus, it’s a snap to vacuum without the beater bar/rotating brush, so it's easy to keep this rug looking fresh. We recommend a rug pad for additional cushioning and stability. Features Due to the difference in monitor colors, some rug colors may vary slightly. We try to represent all rug colors as accurately as possible. Due to the handmade weaving technique used to make this item, the final dimensions of the rug may slightly vary.
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I have a piece in “A Common Thread 2018: Annual Member Exhibition” at the Textile Center of Minnesota, on view through March 10. “Symbolic: 2017” is one in my recent series …
Jason Collingwood is a master rug weaver of international repute, in demand for both his work and his teaching. He hand-weaves wonderful...
TWiNE 2014: A Contemporary Tapestry Exhibition A Juried Exhibition by Members of Tapestry Weavers in New England URI Feinstein Providence Campus Gallery 80 Washington St, Providence, RI 02903 401 277 5000 July 8 – August 8, 2014 Opening Reception: Thursday, July 17 2014, 5-9 pm. Katie Hickey, "Moon Over Albers" TWiNE 2014 will include a broad diversity of styles and inspirations of handwoven tapestries by eighteen artists from New England and beyond. The tapestries in this exhibit range in size from miniature to wall-scaling, range in style from realism to abstraction and in design from monochromatic to vibrant. Suzanne Pretty, Lined Up and Ready This exhibit was juried by Barbara Herbster, a well-known professional artist, weaver and teacher. TWiNE, one of several regional tapestry weavers' groups in the United States and Canada, was established in 1991 to support contemporary tapestry artists, and to preserve and promote the ancient art of handwoven tapestry. Julia Mitchell, Blue Grasses TWiNE’s forty-five members have trained in tapestry and weaving techniques around the country and around the world, from New England to New Mexico, Israel to Mexico, with experience ranging from full-time professional artists to fairly casual weavers, including , textile professionals and gallery owners. Don Burns, Monhegan In addition to showing members’ work, TWINE also focuses on educating the public about contemporary tapestry design and technique. Membership is not limited to residents of New England and currently includes members from every New England state, as well as New York, Colorado and Canada. Overlapping the TWiNE exhibit is Convergence, the biannual conference of the Handweavers Guild of America (HGA). Convergence includes many other textile exhibitions, and will take place 14-19 July at the RI Convention Center in Providence, just 3 blocks from the gallery. Priscilla Alden, Passages II Artists included in this exhibit, in alphabetical order, are: Louise Abbott, Priscilla Alden, Janet Austin, Barbara Burns, Don Burns, Nancy Corkery, Bonnie Eadie, Katie Hickey, Susan Matthew, Julia Mitchell, Brenda Osborn, Suzanne Pretty, Tamar Shadur, Micala Sidore, Kathy Spoering, Elizabeth Trocki, Sarah Warren and Betsy Wing.
I spent the weekend in San Diego attending the first opening of the American Tapestry Alliance's premier tapestry show, American Tapestry Biennial 10. I was one of the co-chairs for this show so it was quite gratifying to see it hanging after all the hard work to get it there. The reception was a great deal of fun. There were three New Mexico artists who were accepted to the show this year and all three were at the opening. Way to show up New Mexico! (myself, Cornelia Theimer Gardella, and Linda Giesen) Also, Canada made a good showing with both represented artists coming to the opening. Thanks to Christine Rivers and Suzanne Paquette for making the long trip south. Michael Rohde of California was able to represent California and a few other artists had visited the show the weekend before. Note: These are snapshots I took at the opening. The lighting was low and I was not always able to get a square shot. Please purchase a catalog of the show to see the artist-approved images of their work. You can do so from the American Tapestry Alliance HERE. Below is a video walk-through of the show. There is a long section of stills near the end of the video that give you some shots of the gallery and opening reception. I was able to take some photographs when the gallery opened and enjoyed hearing visitor's reactions to various pieces. One of the greatest a-ha moments I overheard was about Michael Rohde's piece, Contemplation. I heard a group of fiber enthusiasts talking about the beautiful naturally dyed colors and the interesting way the squares were put together. Then perhaps a half an hour later as the group was leaving the gallery, a few of them turned around and saw Contemplation from 20 feet away and there were large exclamations about the image in the piece. The thrill of discovery. Cecilia Blomberg, Birch Rolls, detail Joanne Sanburg, Home Sweet Home, detail One of my favorite pieces in the show (though there are many many favorites) is Anna Kocherovsky's Wishing Well. Anna Kocherovsky, Wishing Well, 24 x 47 inches, wool, metallic, cotton Wishing Well, detail Elke Otte Hulse's Tempos Heterogeneos 2 was such a fascinating piece in person. Of course I had seen the images of the piece often because this piece won the Second Place Teitelbaum award, but I didn't understand the weave structure until I saw it in person. She used a doubled warp and the faces are much more detailed than the rest of the piece. She also makes interesting use of fuzzier textures with what must be the fabric strips she lists in the materials. Elke Otte Hulse, Tempos Heterogeneos 2, 26 x 31 inches, cotton, fabric strips, linen Tempos Hetergeneos 2, detail Another piece with some wonderful texture and structure changes was Jennifer Sargent's Shadow Warrior. I was fascinated by the double warp sett and the sections of plain weave. The textile was airy and completely gorgeous. Jennifer Sargent, Shadow Warrior, 36 x 32 inches, linen, cotton, silk Shadow Warrior, detail Another favorite work in the show which I did not manage to get a good full shot of is Cornelia Theimer Gardella's Untitled #2 (Red, Blue). I really love her amazing use of color and you have to see this piece in person to completely appreciate its simple beauty. Cornelia Theimer Gardella, Untitled #2 (Red, Blue), 26.5 x 40 inches, on left. (Other tapestries are by Elke Otte Hulse, Mary Lane, and Dorthe Herup) Suzanne Paquette had come down from Quebec for the opening and it was wonderful to be able to to talk to her about her piece, Maisons. The color blending in this piece was lovely and the sett was large to accommodate many colors in the weft bundle. She talked about this piece being about her "second home" in Morocco and her home in Quebec. Suzanne Paquette, Maisons, 54 x 20 inches, wool and synthetic fibers on cotton warp Maisons, detail Clare Coyle and Tommye Scanlin both had fascinating pieces and these photos don't do them justice at all. Top: Clare Coyle, The Land Gives Us..., 4.25 x 22.25 inches, cotton, silk, linen, wool; Bottom: Tommye Scanlin, In Spirit, 26 x 23 inches, wool, linen The Land Gives Us..., detail In Spirit, detail Here are some more works from the show. I would love to show you all of them as they are all marvelous in different ways. Go see the show or buy a catalog! Connie Lippert, Wakulla (red line series), 32 x 24 inches, linen, wool, natural dyes Lialia Kuchma, BluRose, 64 x 71 inches, wool weft, cotton warp BluRose, detail Joan Griffin, Forest Edge, 24 x 48 inches, wool, cotton Christine Rivers, North Coast Reflections, 14 3/8 x 46 inches, wool and rayon weft, cotton warp Margo Macdonald, Little Deschutes, 38 x 35 inches, wool over cotton Kathy Spoering, October, 18 x 18 inches, wool weft, cotton warp Annelise Kofoed-Hansen, The Flying Umiaq 2, 39.4 x 45.3 inches, wool and flax Inge Norgaard, Net Triptych, 10 x 49 inches, wool on cotton This piece by Anna Olsson won the First Place Teitelbaum award. I love the simplicity of this piece and the social questions it asks. Anna Olsson, Where have you been living since we last met? --Here and there, 31.5 x 39.4 inches, linen Mary Lane, Untitled #140, 15 x 18 inches, wool, cotton, linen The entrance piece for this show was Ulrikka Mokdad's Floating in Blissful Ignorance. Ulrikka Mokdad, Floating in Blissful Ignorance, 50 x 33 inches, wool weft, linen warp Floating in Blissful Ignorance, detail And I felt very fortunate that my own piece was accepted to the show. Rebecca Mezoff, Emergence VII, 44 x 44 inches, hand-dyed wool weft, cotton warp And then I went and walked on the beach. Christine Rivers, North Coast Reflections, detail ATB10 will be traveling for the next year. If you can't make it to San Diego before the show ends July 20, it will be at Kent State University Museum in Kent, Ohio September 25, 2014 to January 4, 2015 and at Kaneko in Omaha, Nebraska February 6 to April 24, 2015. There is more information on the American Tapestry Alliance's website: http://americantapestryalliance.org/exhibitions/atbiennials/american-tapestry-biennial-10-2/
Small tapestry woven in handspun wools and linen, 6.5 inches by 17.5 inches.
Today is the third anniversary of my signature online tapestry course, Warp and Weft: Learning the Structure of Tapestry . The launching of this course was my first step away from my career as a healthcare provider. Sure I had been working as a tapestry teacher and artist for many years prior, but
