tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post6359670730942020421..comments2024-03-13T10:57:11.820-04:00Comments on works in progress : Something to work with...Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-81981752582333708572012-05-31T10:31:12.669-04:002012-05-31T10:31:12.669-04:00Misha,
I don't mind your quoting me at all. I...Misha,<br />I don't mind your quoting me at all. I wish you much joy with your tapestry making adventures!Tommye McClure Scanlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-31058561152071952012012-05-31T09:58:46.540-04:002012-05-31T09:58:46.540-04:00Thank you, Tommye, for your thoughtful response to...Thank you, Tommye, for your thoughtful response to my queries.<br />I hope you won't mind my quoting you on the taptryweaversoz yahoo group - with acknowledgement of course!<br /><br />I shall continue following with interest.Mishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676246404158700478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-84397158486782433822012-05-31T09:07:11.708-04:002012-05-31T09:07:11.708-04:00Misha,
Your thoughts are ones I have every time I ...Misha,<br />Your thoughts are ones I have every time I address my loom, to some extent or another.<br /><br />You said:<br />"is mixing thread on bobbins painterly, but using pick and pick variations weaverly?<br />or are stepped angles weaverly but eccentric curves painterly?"<br /><br />I think both mixing on the bobbin and pick & pick can be weaverly ways to approach the design. Especially if the bead of the tapestry is of the scale that the yarn is part of the visual effect. Less so at many ends per inch so that the mixture of color is more of an optical illusion.<br /><br />"and where is texture in this - surely texture, the feel of fibre is the essence - so why not much more knotting and three-dimensionality?"<br /><br />The scale at which I work, either 8 epi like this tapestry or 6 epi for some others, lets the texture of the yarn be quite evident in the surface. I think the eye can "feel" the texture of the yarn. And the yarn I choose to use has a lot of visual texture. <br /><br />About knotting and three-dimensionality--so far, I've done very little with knotting or 3-D effects--it's not because I don't think they're capable of producing some amazing things--those methods are! Right now, my desire is to interpret imagery through tapestry making in as much a way as to honor the fact of weaving (weaverly) as I can with my skills.<br /><br />You end by saying:<br />"Just rambling, but wondering if you have a take on this..." <br /><br />What a good way to ramble--these thoughts, like I said, are with me almost constantly. I love Silvia Heyden's very clear way of approaching weaverly--she has created her path and it's lead her in amazing ways. I admire her work so very much.Tommye McClure Scanlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-36244969984511822562012-05-30T23:02:27.158-04:002012-05-30T23:02:27.158-04:00Have been watching your comments on the weaverly-p...Have been watching your comments on the weaverly-painterly divide...<br /><br />also have been brooding over the Sylvia Heyden DVD which is also much concerned with this.<br /><br />As a weaving newbie I am wrestling with the concepts - and the technical implications thus:<br /><br />is mixing thread on bobbins painterly, but using pick and pick variations weaverly?<br />or are stepped angles weaverly but eccentric curves painterly?<br /><br />and where is texture in this - surely texture, the feel of fibre is the essence - so why not much more knotting and three-dimensionality?<br /><br />Just rambling, but wondering if you have a take on this...Mishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08676246404158700478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-65189188490729086752012-05-16T09:58:58.857-04:002012-05-16T09:58:58.857-04:00Thanks, Sue.Thanks, Sue.Tommye McClure Scanlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-84353485715473352882012-05-16T09:02:11.228-04:002012-05-16T09:02:11.228-04:00The drawing and development is fabulous. Will cer...The drawing and development is fabulous. Will certainly be tuning in to see this beauty developeSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743960733444659380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-59725806221267720402012-05-15T22:18:38.682-04:002012-05-15T22:18:38.682-04:00Thank you, Gloria.
I'll be sharing about it al...Thank you, Gloria.<br />I'll be sharing about it along the way.Tommye McClure Scanlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-83185772072519052052012-05-15T21:40:46.307-04:002012-05-15T21:40:46.307-04:00Thanks, Tommye for sharing your process. Interesti...Thanks, Tommye for sharing your process. Interesting to watch go from <br />painterly to weaverly. Will be interesting to see the weaving emerge.Gloria19https://www.blogger.com/profile/05095602407303777653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-29039412737484001772012-05-15T17:32:59.807-04:002012-05-15T17:32:59.807-04:00Thanks so much LouAnn! Just wove about 1/2" ...Thanks so much LouAnn! Just wove about 1/2" of the bottom of the white area that will surround the b/w. Many more inches to go!Tommye McClure Scanlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-58712033446990392402012-05-15T16:13:22.261-04:002012-05-15T16:13:22.261-04:00This is truly amazing! Thank you for sharing the ...This is truly amazing! Thank you for sharing the process. I love the sketch, and I'm looking forward to seeing the tapestry emerge.LAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06462467778213463088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-3899242726748629112012-05-15T16:09:27.086-04:002012-05-15T16:09:27.086-04:00Pat, thanks for the vote of confidence in the desi...Pat, thanks for the vote of confidence in the design. Hope I can pull off the weaving of the tapestry to put the cartoon to its best advantage!Tommye McClure Scanlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-91530276766614973322012-05-15T15:03:05.560-04:002012-05-15T15:03:05.560-04:00I absolutely LOVE LOVE the drawing. Am eager to se...I absolutely LOVE LOVE the drawing. Am eager to see the tapestry!!PAT Wms:https://www.blogger.com/profile/07756575866738443514noreply@blogger.com