Suplementary weft: to add in weft separate from or in addition to the given weft. As you can see, in the weaving above I have alternately supplemented the weft of the tabby (far right), the actual weave structure, both simutaneously (the middle section), and in place of the weft (the bright green to the left [...]
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Sample: Supplementary Weft
Posted in Color, Portfolio, Samples, Weaving, tagged Process, Weave Structures on September 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Uncounted Moments
Posted in Color, Portfolio, Weaving, tagged Book Arts, Warp Painting on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This is the final piece (or rather, a piece of the piece) for my color blog project. Now that it’s off the loom, it measures approximately 90″x30″ (so, around 2.5 yards in length). The warp was hand painted, and the weft is made of mostly found color and natural fibers, from cotton to bamboo, and some dyed [...]
Rounding out the Color Blog Project
Posted in Color, Poetry, Weaving on March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I finished my Color Blog Weaving last night, so this post is meant to round out the blog posts for the project. I have posted some poems from earlier in the semester that I failed to post on time, as well as doubled up on poems the past few days in order to get this [...]
Color Project- Day 17
Posted in Color, Poetry on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
i grow my hair long so that it tangles in the wind on car trips to nowhere
Color Project- Day 16
Posted in Color, Poetry on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
(from yesterday) we are drawing invisible lines on invisible surfaces yet you erase for imperfection and begin again
Color Project- Day 15
Posted in Color, Poetry on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gray on blue creates invisible worlds Where my hands meet dead ends And I am entranced by the absence of everything
Color Project- Day 14
Posted in Color, Poetry on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am tip-toe-ing mildly, watching my toes connect like hinges to the concrete earth
Color Project- Day 13
Posted in Color, Poetry on March 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
in living we create shadow puppets with our lives with the way girl flips her hair and the way boy flips the bird and the way our desks sit still under gallery lights while we puppet
When Shadows Meet the Shadow of an Idea
Posted in Color, Weaving, tagged Bamboo, Ikat, Seed Draft, Texture Weave Structures, Warp on March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The weaving has begun! I wove around seven inches today, a few inches of natural bamboo just to get started and then the entry for my first poem using a bamboo/wool blend. I love seeing the way the color takes form when it meets the warp; on it’s own, the grey is indeed rather charcoal-like [...]
Color Project- Day 12
Posted in Color, Poetry on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I think underneath my skin I must be some kind of other creature For my color is not convincing and I seem to be growing into the walls.
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