TAPESTRIES
when a fellow artist came to visit in autumn 2019 , she gifted me a little tapestry frame, with which i could create approx 4 inch squares . I am not sure if she knew that i had done some weaving in the past, but it reignited my delight in the weaving process which had been dormant for some years . The yarns are mostly cotton , organic if i can source them , and i have also used bamboo , various found threads , and a delightful ball of bobbly chunky rainbow fibre from recycled banana silk ! The latter thanks to our wonderful local fair trade shop - please see the links page.
I started making them for people close to me, and the process is still evolving 31 tapestries later . I make each one for a specific person, with the intention of imbuing them with love & blessings and then its a joy to send them out - usually, though not always, as a surprise. The whole process is like a meditation, from the initial choosing of a palette of yarns through playing with them and seeing what patterns and shapes they inspire, whether it suits the design to hide the ends away along the warps at the end , or maybe to plait them into more patterns. I really enjoy the colours and the endless variations of possible designs . The process has acquired a new meaning in lockdown too , to be able to send someone something tactile in these times when we cannot meet and touch, it gives me such pleasure .
here are photos of a selection of them , with the permission of each recipient
they are obviously all the same size , whatever the camera says :-
I started making them for people close to me, and the process is still evolving 31 tapestries later . I make each one for a specific person, with the intention of imbuing them with love & blessings and then its a joy to send them out - usually, though not always, as a surprise. The whole process is like a meditation, from the initial choosing of a palette of yarns through playing with them and seeing what patterns and shapes they inspire, whether it suits the design to hide the ends away along the warps at the end , or maybe to plait them into more patterns. I really enjoy the colours and the endless variations of possible designs . The process has acquired a new meaning in lockdown too , to be able to send someone something tactile in these times when we cannot meet and touch, it gives me such pleasure .
here are photos of a selection of them , with the permission of each recipient
they are obviously all the same size , whatever the camera says :-
