slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: tapestry
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Here are the first two small tapestries of a series of four. This is “Earth” and “Fire.” Guess what the other two will be! I took a piece of the cardboard box that I used for my tapestry bag and decided to work that part of the design in different colors. The loom is just…
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My goal today was to complete a woven artist trading card, and I achieved that goal! Well, almost. I have to put a backing on it, but I think that I’m going to wait until I get about half a dozen woven and back all of them at the same time. Earlier this month, I…
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Eww, the cream is a bit off. Until I pick up my milk I guess I’ll have to drink it black. My raw milk source is getting nervous again because a lot of new people have been approaching them about it. Goes to show you that farmers could sell this product if our state government…
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First there was the photo, taken at Healing Ground in Oak Ridge, North Carolina. Then there was the idea and the cartoon… Then there was a long period of dithering because I couldn’t decide between two approaches. One was to make the “path” blue, the maze white, and sew on buttons or smooth worn pieces…
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Hot damn, I finally remembered to buy new rechargeable batteries yesterday after sucking the absolute last bit of use out of my old ones, and I finally remembered to recharge them tonight, so I could upload my photos from last week. Because, you see, I finished the tapestry bag on Sunday afternoon. The closure is…
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Dimensions: 6″ wide on short sides, 10″ wide on long sides, 6.25″ tall. Linen warp, wool weft. The weft is mostly discarded wool given to me by other weavers or weaving teachers. Much of it is the product of beginning dyers, as there are many spots where the wool was tied too tightly in the…
slowly she turned 