slowly she turned
Living the Slow life in North Carolina
Category: tapestry
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Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. I am 3/4 of the way through! I may even finish this in time for Christmas! Although we had to vacate our rooms by 9:30 a.m., my classmates cleaned up the studio and we trickled out until it was just Edwina and I, working on my tapestry and her on a…
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Friday-Saturday, Sept. 13-14, 2024 The fog and a few showers rolled in. The rain was needed though. Dust covered the cars in the parking lot from the drive up the roads to Wildacres, which were partially paved. I finally bound my “Dark Forest” book, although it could use a press under weights and I still…
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Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 11-12 A gorgeous day beckoned, and we decided to go to the Switzerland Cafe for lunch. However, it was closed, so we checked out their general store and the awesome book/coffee/gift shop next door, Little Switzerland Books & Beans. This is the kind of bookstore I’ve always dreamed of having – an old…
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Monday-Tuesday, Sept 9-10, 2024 Edwina Bringle, that fascinating and multi-talented artist who has been a teacher and mentor to so many fiber artists, held a second fiber retreat at Wildacres Retreat, a mountaintop retreat facility near Little Switzerland, North Carolina. I attended last year, and jumped at the opportunity to go again this year. Because…
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I have made a little bit of progress on my tapestry, “Rascal and Sissy Share the Sunbeam,” this past week. There’s more than one reason why I named my studio “Slow Turn Studio,” but a big one is that I tend to choose media that take a long time, and even if they don’t, I…
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Edwina Bringle, one of the leading fiber artists in our region, invited several fiber artists to play with her at Wildacres Retreat near Little Switzerland, NC in mid-September. Spending almost a week with Edwina to observe her weaving tips and tricks, listen to her counsel, and getting to know her better was one of the…
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I cannot truthfully say that I have woven every day this week, but I’ve enjoyed some good sessions weaving the tapestry of Rascal and Sissy. My intention was to make this more of a graphic geometric abstract, but just look at Miss Sissy’s ear. It just yells out for attention to detail. I decided that…
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I’m going to start posting these updates on Instagram unless I have something substantial or photo-worthy to share. Maybe only a weekly post here. During the last couple of days I’ve finished Jorge the Beautiful Mexican Beetle II and worked a little on threading the reed on my floor loom. (I hate warping – it…
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Finished Jorge I, after playing chicken with the very last of that old kelly green Paternayan crewel yarn from a needlepoint project in the 70s that I saved from my mother’s house when we cleaned it out. Part of my designing for this class was to try to use up some of this stuff. It’s…
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Almost finished weaving the little Jorge tapestries. I decided that I didn’t like how different his back leg was on the top side so I ignored the cartoon. Picked up where I left off about a year ago when I started warping up my floor loom. For what? Rag rug or fabric, I guess.
slowly she turned 