Been a busy set of weeks since my last posting!! ‘Heron’ was accepted for the AAFG show in the gallery at the Village Theater at Cherry Hill, Canton, MI. The show run March 1-26, 2013. ———- March 8-10, I spent a fabulous 3 days in a dye workshop with Jane Dunnewold. Jane is a wonderful […]
The good news is… it’s been a busy 2 weeks. The bad news is….. it’s been a busy 2 weeks and there are only so many hours in the day! A dear friend of 30 years passed away on her 90th birthday. Jean was an amazing woman – a teacher, master gardener, weaver and storyteller […]
With 2/3 completed I’ve had to put GreenMan is on ‘pause’ so I could get a piece submitted for the AAFG show at the Power Center on the University of Michigan campus. It was not selected – darn. Any time you submit something for a show that features multiple artists (over 24 with this one!) […]
I’ve got the eyes done!!! Only so many hours in the day…… so I need to put the GreenMan on hold for the next couple of weeks: –I have a shawl to weave that will be auctioned at St. Francis of Assisi School’s annual Educational Trust Fund benefit dinner on February 2nd. –Because I […]
The eyes have been a real ‘learning experience’!! I dyed a very pale shade of green to use for the ‘whites’ of the eyes. BUT…. when next to the other greens…. SURPRISE!! it looks yellow!!! Hmmmmm….. do I want my GreenMan to have ‘yellow’ eyes??? Decided to try the other eye using white yarn. […]
Getting the facial features right is what makes or breaks a face!! Working on the nose…. is less critial than getting the eyes right but it still took me 2 tries. I sit about 24″ away from the loom when weaving so I need to step away every now and then to get a different […]
7 1/2 inches down…. 17 to go! Now that the holidays are over need to be weaving everyday!
Now that the loom is warped and ready to go, the next step is dealing with the cartoon. (Click on the pictures to enlarge) A. B. Starting image (A) is lightened or outlined (B) to show general color changes. That paper is slid behind the warp threads so I can see when to […]
Cinderella meets Sleeping Beauty….. This is an amazing blend of Art & Craft and IS a working spinning wheel!!! Click on this link Andy Paiko Glass Spinning Wheel to see it in action. It is spellbinding!!! Alas, this wheel is one of a kind and has already been sold, but if you’re lucky enough to be in […]
My Festive Exchange bag arrived today!! It was made by Brigitte Liebig a weaver from Germany – near the Swiss border. The ‘walls’ are woven with cotton warp and handspun linen weft and the towers are woven in a shadow weave pattern to represent the very narrow spiral staircases in three of the […]