tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7160488073986792582024-03-18T02:12:10.991-04:00works in progress Tommye McClure Scanlin ~
artist and teacher ~ tapestry and other things ~
Dahlonega, GA, USATommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.comBlogger934125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-29215904392222021422024-03-09T14:28:00.001-05:002024-03-09T14:28:38.180-05:00RIP-student, colleague, friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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This has been a hard post to write. I'll have to begin with a few words from her
obituary written by her beloved granddaughter:
<blockquote>
Joann Cox Wilson passed away peacefully in her home in late February 2024. A
dedicated educator and lover of art, Joann’s passion for teaching and
creativity touched the lives of many. Joann found simple joy in the elegant
movement of dragonfly wings and the delicate melodies of dulcimer music. She
cherished the many friendships that she gained through the various arts.
During her lifetime she explored and seemed to master almost every art form
you can imagine, painting, pottery, basketweaving, beading, quilting and
weaving, just to name a few.
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I first met Joann who knows how many years ago when she enrolled in a workshop I
was teaching at John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, NC. It was a beginning
tapestry class, if I remember correctly. Joann was already a tapestry weaver but
she cheerfully joined in with the basic techniques I was showing and made her
sampler. It might have been in that first class that she began to ask her
question "What would happen if...?" </p><p>I continued to teach workshops at the Folk
School and each time when I received my roster of students I began to see
Joann's name included. After awhile, I automatically looked to the bottom of any
roster I got from anywhere I'd be teaching to see if Joann Wilson's name appeared (and hoped it would be
there).
The workshops I gave were all around the southeast: in addition to John
C. Campbell Folk School, I taught at Lake Yale for Florida Tropical Weavers;
Arrowmont in Gatlinburg, TN; Penland School of Crafts in Penland, NC; Winter
Park, FL for the Weavers of Orlando; Aya Studio in Stuart, FL; Tapestry Weavers
South retreat/workshop in Elkin, NC. Joann was there. </p><p>In fact, after she'd been in about four of my workshops she began to call herself my "groupie" but
little did she know how important she was to me—she was the person
in the class I could depend on to ask the very challenging "What if...?" questions.
And the answer(s) we came up with together would not only benefit her but also the
other students—and especially me. </p><p>At a two week session at Penland in 2019 I asked Joann to demonstrate paper weaving as a designing approach so that her hands and the weaving could be photographed (by Chris Dant)
for a book I was writing. If you have <i>Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond</i> you'll find
Joann's hands featured on pages 130-131. In fact, the photo on page 131 is also
featured on the back cover of the book.
I also used her notan design explorations and two small weavings based on those in the book (page 136).</p><p>In October 2023 Joann joined another class I taught bringing her back to Arrowmont once more.
That was the last time I saw her. </p><p>In late February I learned of Joann's sudden and untimely passing from a good friend of
hers. They often traveled together to my workshops (and others). In fact, they'd
been scheduled to return to the Folk School in the following week for another
tapestry class being taught by MJ Lord.
But that was not to be.</p><p>I looked through my years of photos to find ones of Joann in various classes. Here are only a few from those times and many places.
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her laugh, her generosity, and her unwavering love for her family. Her legacy
lives on in the countless lives that she enriched through her teaching and her
appreciation for the beauty in the simple things in life.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rest In Peace, Joann Cox Wilson, student, colleague, friend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-70788559546038520832024-01-21T18:07:00.004-05:002024-01-21T18:12:17.526-05:00Three weeks into 2024<p> </p><p>Three weeks, 21 days into the new year and today I completed the finishing for my 2023 tapestry diary, 22 days after cutting it off on December 31. I'm having it photographed tomorrow. But I had to do a quick shot of it with my phone and here it is:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCMDHYr0ixA9lVFTdD6J-I3ZMoI3yOLcSZPd_45gEiQPJt-D6_q5zkwOcbP-JUzjaFq19NIJF2UBBDcK_AUs_lAlMRQvt64WtkMK0aomUik0NAD-7grs19EtGW6wsx7gHgsW85Y53Qnkf341mLjVAi1gaa7KUwvZQ5rJUYzYHcEHZ5f8UsY2yuRf2hQE/s1702/2023%20completed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1702" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrCMDHYr0ixA9lVFTdD6J-I3ZMoI3yOLcSZPd_45gEiQPJt-D6_q5zkwOcbP-JUzjaFq19NIJF2UBBDcK_AUs_lAlMRQvt64WtkMK0aomUik0NAD-7grs19EtGW6wsx7gHgsW85Y53Qnkf341mLjVAi1gaa7KUwvZQ5rJUYzYHcEHZ5f8UsY2yuRf2hQE/s320/2023%20completed.jpg" width="85" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div>It's 51" long x 11.5" wide. Linen warp sett at 8 epi and the wefts are natural dyed wool.<p></p><p>The tapestry diary for 2024 is underway. I finally decided on the images to use throughout the year. I'm going to be weaving a year of kudzu! Yes, that invasive plant has once again invaded my thoughts and I'm going to design and weave it as it goes from its current dormant stage through its renewal throughout the spring and into the full leaf of summer. The elusive kudzu flower (that I've woven before) will be there, too. At least that's the plan for now.</p><p>Here's where it stands today:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBUACAdAIbMYH7bKykue15P02oE-d2jmLn07nA_YumjOUAbrLB_uByf22YcTJ7Krsgq4_5jszIiLz5X9SmICPky8yK8kRggCB0pGbwjz6Ef5ThO7jMN_9GbIdygeZ1s922G4fR0lwznyvbE8zm0FxwVAStse8EwO-roZy4uv2fObyvr5oJDF0nItNU8Y/s600/on%20loom-1-21-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="600" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoBUACAdAIbMYH7bKykue15P02oE-d2jmLn07nA_YumjOUAbrLB_uByf22YcTJ7Krsgq4_5jszIiLz5X9SmICPky8yK8kRggCB0pGbwjz6Ef5ThO7jMN_9GbIdygeZ1s922G4fR0lwznyvbE8zm0FxwVAStse8EwO-roZy4uv2fObyvr5oJDF0nItNU8Y/s320/on%20loom-1-21-24.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <p></p><p> The sketch I'm working from is one I drew from a photo I took of detail of a tangle of kudzu vines earlier this month. I zoomed in even more to simplify from the sketch. </p><p>Earlier kudzu tapestries are shown below. The sizes range from large to small, some more realistic and others abstracted. <br /></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhwGOvlNA_oeCXirpnj17MBNzttLoA-RwgnxbN-m0Tr4iR_NrCn6LtyuL7ySB4TYnTRKAeDTzZ7fCwlyC-JMe-XDultWGjw1AQq4Ed4MqBOw8xSM-3rA7MdcQDWLyNCtFAIuDtSfB0nk1e8hFj2VuyCqA6r1VevqN7sR8hcGye5D305b36aEVhHOxZq4/s1404/LifeForce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1404" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhwGOvlNA_oeCXirpnj17MBNzttLoA-RwgnxbN-m0Tr4iR_NrCn6LtyuL7ySB4TYnTRKAeDTzZ7fCwlyC-JMe-XDultWGjw1AQq4Ed4MqBOw8xSM-3rA7MdcQDWLyNCtFAIuDtSfB0nk1e8hFj2VuyCqA6r1VevqN7sR8hcGye5D305b36aEVhHOxZq4/w583-h249/LifeForce.jpg" width="583" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Life Force</i>, 2010, 24" x 60"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSh_in6BoWl2dDmF1w3T9LensdkN7-P0SjNU79Ui14OXsFekrk9YEyA6xjMoyDtiSwDY8CsccUAwM0p9l20ooC5NTZFBhvKb24XnoRrb8W4Mfotpr-jHUI9nPubV0XRkOzZ6qa573cYI3j46J3FGjhe_4S6105-2ZoZalk1P1amS5jlI1W7g5jBLsSOD0/s1200/Revelation-ed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="889" height="455" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSh_in6BoWl2dDmF1w3T9LensdkN7-P0SjNU79Ui14OXsFekrk9YEyA6xjMoyDtiSwDY8CsccUAwM0p9l20ooC5NTZFBhvKb24XnoRrb8W4Mfotpr-jHUI9nPubV0XRkOzZ6qa573cYI3j46J3FGjhe_4S6105-2ZoZalk1P1amS5jlI1W7g5jBLsSOD0/w338-h455/Revelation-ed.jpg" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Revelation, </i>2021, 46.5" 33.5"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4DDt9wVyvKAyiCTzhTCzjqIFagAMN9ToViAn-m0t4wxmIMN8QN2sr8E3NSjhg1yUdXxLrfMSQqUthiIP0zlVVyXlE1FI5Huod-sx97h-LqdeJM7MJbl3ILGHEZsVbMBBUr5naQERVGWHrl5vlY23AsiJLWk8_pKJOqVKDXepS6NkIj7_ZxGAUQb6Kzk/s1122/small%20kudzu%20vine%20and%20leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="600" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ4DDt9wVyvKAyiCTzhTCzjqIFagAMN9ToViAn-m0t4wxmIMN8QN2sr8E3NSjhg1yUdXxLrfMSQqUthiIP0zlVVyXlE1FI5Huod-sx97h-LqdeJM7MJbl3ILGHEZsVbMBBUr5naQERVGWHrl5vlY23AsiJLWk8_pKJOqVKDXepS6NkIj7_ZxGAUQb6Kzk/w232-h434/small%20kudzu%20vine%20and%20leaves.jpg" width="232" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vines and Leaves</i>, 2021, 22" x 12"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUIpEXnTSElI-1xDpSRiqQs-AREeqPVG8GquCj2PmaqOt7FPznYlBrRUsws8eK4daIxeXorYysrfrLfaLSX7ww_4a1MYMkLNYzHBQSUdkW-iElxdWBtXPIMO4vuzMCeNc2lBe31QM-zqgr9hfW14V14kMj2S-dzElyJzKUYlSZnoKiSLnYlB_RTJ-U2k/s763/small%20kudzu%20flower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="763" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUIpEXnTSElI-1xDpSRiqQs-AREeqPVG8GquCj2PmaqOt7FPznYlBrRUsws8eK4daIxeXorYysrfrLfaLSX7ww_4a1MYMkLNYzHBQSUdkW-iElxdWBtXPIMO4vuzMCeNc2lBe31QM-zqgr9hfW14V14kMj2S-dzElyJzKUYlSZnoKiSLnYlB_RTJ-U2k/s320/small%20kudzu%20flower.jpg" width="252" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kudzu Flower</i>, 2022, 8" x 5"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VK7piR594VUlO39P-bRf1AE1RDGxCda4DdyXg9exLhyphenhyphen-YhZSJWayyu9Zz0U67V3E7xkSfnUYv3Lw2IbXWHP-VK23V87IlOIOmZxxcCwjJ6sKiRnysJSTQBKsbP_z7w5LA-yxtyK8NOY4lL5ylwUvu0QXFAxpF3CdJIQuoJ89_EdsTiLD6J_cA6XZKLA/s729/small-abstracted%20kudzu%20leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VK7piR594VUlO39P-bRf1AE1RDGxCda4DdyXg9exLhyphenhyphen-YhZSJWayyu9Zz0U67V3E7xkSfnUYv3Lw2IbXWHP-VK23V87IlOIOmZxxcCwjJ6sKiRnysJSTQBKsbP_z7w5LA-yxtyK8NOY4lL5ylwUvu0QXFAxpF3CdJIQuoJ89_EdsTiLD6J_cA6XZKLA/s320/small-abstracted%20kudzu%20leaves.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kudzu Leaf Patterns</i>, 2022, 8" x 5"<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /> <br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-66786965425659159962024-01-01T16:35:00.002-05:002024-01-01T16:44:05.670-05:00End of one year and the beginning of the next<div><p> </p><p>This post is about my ongoing tapestry diary process, something I've done each year since 2009. The idea for an ongoing daily tapestry started with one month in 2008. I've written about that in earlier blogs and most (maybe all) of the other tapestry diaries since then. And so it seems the thing to make note of here as my last post of 2023/first post of 2024.</p><p>So you won't have to read earlier posts about this curious process here's the gist of it. Each day I make a selection of color to weave for a few inches, usually spending from a couple of minutes to 10-15 minutes with that. Well, I say I make a selection of the color but it's really a toss of a die to make the choice. I've assigned colors for each spot on the die and so it I roll 1, for instance, I'll be using red since that's my assigned color for that. I have several versions of red—bright, dull, light, dark—so each time red shows up as the days progress I have variety by what I pick to use.</p><p>I usually weave simple shapes, ones that I'd call "weaverly" in that they pay attention to the grid of warp and weft. For most of the diaries through the years the daily shapes have been squares or rectangles of varying sizes. I don't plan ahead for what size but fill in the empty warps as each day comes. </p><p>In 2015 I decided to incorporate a monthly image among the days. Much of my tapestry design is based on nature and I decided to use that concept for the monthly parts. There was one year when I did more than twelve images in the month and a couple of years when I've only done eleven. The sizes of the monthly components vary and aren't all the same from month to month with the years.</p><p>You can see all of my past tapestry diaries at my <a href="https://www.scanlintapestry.com/tapestrydiary">website</a>, all except the one I cut off the loom yesterday. I'll finish the ends of it before having it professionally photographed. I'll work on that off and on for the next month until it's complete. But here's a preview as I cut it off the loom and then held it up afterwards.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bd-J5ZAjPNWMMDM5tZpcQZSnLNrnZEA6dvDkQgB8l-7XxXQ986ZTwguDUpAWgA2gQWq6gSFD_o3lu7DJC4XsHiHRC8BswN8H5ife9GDE29lR5SBGJ0TLVTZqtRGiMl7nSh7OFoyD6YwHviim9t0swLDHJGMIlPsgnjiSDp9Qhmrm96QwnDs1vVXWkOA/s800/cutting%20off%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bd-J5ZAjPNWMMDM5tZpcQZSnLNrnZEA6dvDkQgB8l-7XxXQ986ZTwguDUpAWgA2gQWq6gSFD_o3lu7DJC4XsHiHRC8BswN8H5ife9GDE29lR5SBGJ0TLVTZqtRGiMl7nSh7OFoyD6YwHviim9t0swLDHJGMIlPsgnjiSDp9Qhmrm96QwnDs1vVXWkOA/s320/cutting%20off%202023.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs24APLAPICkan6uTR3JjH1m0eh_-RVLua88PMyQ1yXei9mzdNyeiyoUqcA5UibvYU3bawdy1TzlatGNfog4434hTlNikQP9mwVYTveTaBPvME9Yb4xqfCnYlLSVkws5JXJALEumryuwKNMcPcWJxyxnU6MDYpUmCREHVmvH1cWspu8ofhIDkN5VmkXE/s810/off%20the%20loom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqs24APLAPICkan6uTR3JjH1m0eh_-RVLua88PMyQ1yXei9mzdNyeiyoUqcA5UibvYU3bawdy1TzlatGNfog4434hTlNikQP9mwVYTveTaBPvME9Yb4xqfCnYlLSVkws5JXJALEumryuwKNMcPcWJxyxnU6MDYpUmCREHVmvH1cWspu8ofhIDkN5VmkXE/s320/off%20the%20loom.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">After taking a few minutes to look at the piece I started preparing the loom with next year's warp. I'd wound the warp (10/3 linen) last week so after I unrolled the remains of the past warps (there were four I'd tied onto over the years!) I tied on and beamed the new warp.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpidpChA1Q4ZGkHeNsIPol8RGbBw72maq55PQhZr6zsleUoORdeIvRZpupPD95BBbQ-8fDWRvDWfyV8QB-4TxqnzRsBEbKNu0KFl8QiTXF0UsjBXcp403TGWmSKT0l2rm4w3IrYA1HJQFUoXgWnTd4qcBqzwhm1vqb5MwEb5G0w89YUM2zsN12FMHt9WE/s800/new%20warp%20tied%20on.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpidpChA1Q4ZGkHeNsIPol8RGbBw72maq55PQhZr6zsleUoORdeIvRZpupPD95BBbQ-8fDWRvDWfyV8QB-4TxqnzRsBEbKNu0KFl8QiTXF0UsjBXcp403TGWmSKT0l2rm4w3IrYA1HJQFUoXgWnTd4qcBqzwhm1vqb5MwEb5G0w89YUM2zsN12FMHt9WE/s320/new%20warp%20tied%20on.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">New warp is tied onto the old. I use a simple overhand knot to tie and then help the knots through the reed and heddles.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3guSjUUefD01X9PlIC5dMKSa5BhfMpMaB1JICjJMphJtkpNjR7e05-bki1fKDlSI-FQ2WIPVHaJ8iaXq5eq-hp-lcrzhFtGJdvtNa3S45UnrwqbT6-ZqCFfemte8BRNt9JMyg6DLSpSW54J6YTly8k8la1t-A8ekk-ZwcyyBGZ7pO_cU895hDCL5t4cA/s800/beaming%20with%20weights.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3guSjUUefD01X9PlIC5dMKSa5BhfMpMaB1JICjJMphJtkpNjR7e05-bki1fKDlSI-FQ2WIPVHaJ8iaXq5eq-hp-lcrzhFtGJdvtNa3S45UnrwqbT6-ZqCFfemte8BRNt9JMyg6DLSpSW54J6YTly8k8la1t-A8ekk-ZwcyyBGZ7pO_cU895hDCL5t4cA/s320/beaming%20with%20weights.jpg" width="240" /> </a></td><td style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Weights to beam with—orange juice bottles filled about 3/4 full of water.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I did that yesterday. Today I spent a couple of hours tying the new warp onto the cloth beam, evening out the spacing, weaving a header, putting in half-hitches and finally a row of twining before doing the weaving for January 1, 2024.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtU7zghAst2Kwa8Cq6jL8N9m8p1ajtUGDQHs2ejdjYkRkLCkWL15Ny8cmL653MbMeRrgWbGCjIYf8Dj5oC_jS7weLAb7T-hjz9WinLJLoVy2cAJ26wXvt829JJqtkUdybKohKYKtFZPHnf70xOZPvf-dc8AB7BDeaRXZBbvUMYQOrrBBPlVMkLSH_qF8M/s800/warp%20is%20tied%20on-detail.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtU7zghAst2Kwa8Cq6jL8N9m8p1ajtUGDQHs2ejdjYkRkLCkWL15Ny8cmL653MbMeRrgWbGCjIYf8Dj5oC_jS7weLAb7T-hjz9WinLJLoVy2cAJ26wXvt829JJqtkUdybKohKYKtFZPHnf70xOZPvf-dc8AB7BDeaRXZBbvUMYQOrrBBPlVMkLSH_qF8M/s320/warp%20is%20tied%20on-detail.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Warp is tied on to the cloth beam and a couple of flat sticks woven in to give space above the knots.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RmK9yGlA57jtctUS2RYPto464jt4YGmJT_ZlZZ4NqEp9G0ldfCERHNIpBWyB3eKw22ElrLeO9aEIoIl-Hh1HGW7mesp4il7nUoB5ULupqCFClkG03R6rluWzd-lx53XoKyaZ0ayLVfmdWwtITVekWihcYHvzoV_rE2p1nzvnwyfz5tKyG8gbH0DgnXw/s760/spreading%20warps%20to%20epi.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6RmK9yGlA57jtctUS2RYPto464jt4YGmJT_ZlZZ4NqEp9G0ldfCERHNIpBWyB3eKw22ElrLeO9aEIoIl-Hh1HGW7mesp4il7nUoB5ULupqCFClkG03R6rluWzd-lx53XoKyaZ0ayLVfmdWwtITVekWihcYHvzoV_rE2p1nzvnwyfz5tKyG8gbH0DgnXw/s320/spreading%20warps%20to%20epi.jpg" width="253" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I take time to even out the warp spacing above the sticks before putting the header in.<br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9aQ10gIeq69s6G5SDKUGmvqkq7zyZM8tGzJrYBsoLtrhnG4bmmlCtxGZMp3bxl8v_YQGRU1sKz19vtO2jAOy9H6B9AnHDKWwJgRSoESeNfUvPME5SXaumujqh3iDPfdEmhwPjx39J1cWNqFMD-FJ4fixu36rUvDzPYWVI2haNAIyAmit4S27NxlLgF8/s795/header.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="795" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq9aQ10gIeq69s6G5SDKUGmvqkq7zyZM8tGzJrYBsoLtrhnG4bmmlCtxGZMp3bxl8v_YQGRU1sKz19vtO2jAOy9H6B9AnHDKWwJgRSoESeNfUvPME5SXaumujqh3iDPfdEmhwPjx39J1cWNqFMD-FJ4fixu36rUvDzPYWVI2haNAIyAmit4S27NxlLgF8/s320/header.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The header is woven in the same linen as the warp. It will be unraveled when the tapestry comes off the loom at the end of the year but it helps to keep the spacing right as I begin.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hZmpKhIfJfdvJllhZxKxbUNlovSNmkklgquBqcF4vOo3LzXY6NR8Gqh4wDVL2bx8eRYbWWlfpyWtoiaJTnMy3zD8NcLoSyYObbdYDfUy08JkE0GxwJoBbiEClBPvAPGCunKcS9NM_q0uPCT32LHFhyphenhyphenJEGe8q0UUlvUVLWnpgTYlxerUMBgXgnBm1MrI/s783/half-hitch%20to%20start.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3hZmpKhIfJfdvJllhZxKxbUNlovSNmkklgquBqcF4vOo3LzXY6NR8Gqh4wDVL2bx8eRYbWWlfpyWtoiaJTnMy3zD8NcLoSyYObbdYDfUy08JkE0GxwJoBbiEClBPvAPGCunKcS9NM_q0uPCT32LHFhyphenhyphenJEGe8q0UUlvUVLWnpgTYlxerUMBgXgnBm1MrI/s320/half-hitch%20to%20start.jpg" width="245" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Half-hitches to secure the tapestry.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4___EQfMzBmhpTK4ijYaQZO5kNJQHIN4GcgjSME9JtgCEgrDPbiTONvbPfsK-y1OVIa4F6cTBsKNcJWXHN9n8PcB53jnic36lzbps1ob-9vaK6BmsG2r18_OH4bxK6HNFCMZXx0PTJO5gqBzeO3J-rpcrHFquuoSe_HuKjRC0uOG6_txxQgnsrr37lFk/s679/twining%20at%20the%20start.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="679" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4___EQfMzBmhpTK4ijYaQZO5kNJQHIN4GcgjSME9JtgCEgrDPbiTONvbPfsK-y1OVIa4F6cTBsKNcJWXHN9n8PcB53jnic36lzbps1ob-9vaK6BmsG2r18_OH4bxK6HNFCMZXx0PTJO5gqBzeO3J-rpcrHFquuoSe_HuKjRC0uOG6_txxQgnsrr37lFk/s320/twining%20at%20the%20start.jpg" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">After the half-hitches I put in a row of twining. I don't need this but I like the look of it at the end finishing since I use a method that lets the linen show a little.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dYksHUsDIho9xNcscQzvD5kJxSpwhlSmbxYfMfGQP8daV30FAeYeqZPSI2MlHOud9D-VDGfFZI1roU1DSTemgHkSou-LMiSJ4mOH3A8BOwlf1YY_e9A8uvRsTHon9iL2V1Ah86qCFnYccUBVZQDbi-qx3raWhyGjejhSqdmj2T6wi4RzWtarUitWIok/s800/first%20day%20of%20January%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5dYksHUsDIho9xNcscQzvD5kJxSpwhlSmbxYfMfGQP8daV30FAeYeqZPSI2MlHOud9D-VDGfFZI1roU1DSTemgHkSou-LMiSJ4mOH3A8BOwlf1YY_e9A8uvRsTHon9iL2V1Ah86qCFnYccUBVZQDbi-qx3raWhyGjejhSqdmj2T6wi4RzWtarUitWIok/s320/first%20day%20of%20January%202024.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, I wove the first for the new year—a single yellow bar surrounded by green (those were the two colors the roll of the die gave me!)</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>I'm not sure yet what my monthly images will be. I've had a couple of ideas but those might change before I begin. I'll see what happens!</p><p>Happy New Year! May it be full of health, happiness, success, and all good things you could want for you and your family & friends.<br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-52489403548511023612023-10-11T17:34:00.001-04:002023-10-11T17:38:17.835-04:00Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts<p> </p><p>Last week I was at <a href="https://www.arrowmont.org">Arrowmont </a>for a workshop, the first in-person one I've taught since the mentorship program at John C. Campbell Folk School in the fall of 2020. I've had several online classes through Lessonface and the Folk School since then but nothing matches the experience of face-to-face teaching. It's physically (especially after the hip replacement surgery in June) and mentally exhausting but I love it! </p><p>Nine people came from far distances to be together in this most wonderful class. It was nice to finally meet some folks who I'd known for years virtually (social media and online classes), be introduced to others, and see old friends. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6Fo1rF8gmcQCYDEuW7ZI6tGrwyOrZ_WoVdsBFreGmtf_Mr0WdIYU0jr8AgXqr0pYQ2tYID2RWAX9Qj3H9qex77QNlwxyaCPfBDQqE7DWqoKzMUN2MO1XLZVKVq25ybYmosLmQlJII0Tb7DtRmRagX-AWQb5zcZB6msfZDGgQckhzPuyEk1ts6F2BhAk/s1333/IMG_0770.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1333" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid6Fo1rF8gmcQCYDEuW7ZI6tGrwyOrZ_WoVdsBFreGmtf_Mr0WdIYU0jr8AgXqr0pYQ2tYID2RWAX9Qj3H9qex77QNlwxyaCPfBDQqE7DWqoKzMUN2MO1XLZVKVq25ybYmosLmQlJII0Tb7DtRmRagX-AWQb5zcZB6msfZDGgQckhzPuyEk1ts6F2BhAk/s320/IMG_0770.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>I was fortunate to be able to invite an assistant for the class, and Roxie, a senior at the University of North Georgia who's studying textiles, came to Gatlinburg to join me.</p><p>The class was one that included design activities and a bit of weaving. Demos and discussions throughout the week, also. <br /></p><p>Everyone worked hard, ate delicious food at the dining hall daily, and even saw a bear or two during the week! Here are photos of just a few of the activities from the class—and a view of the traffic getting to and from the school (if you didn't know, Gatlinburg is one of the prime tourist spots in the Great Smoky Mountains).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9Eyuc66B0vWvdNIzTiKUduBG2nOsVKJTGoW1igWzVYR_dV_-J0cFq0-91Im3Runhm_ly11DW5aDLKGx5ps5rKyHiwoeqmIguDyc9qYKiZRAk1LrEn2Fs5PVLv9GuVD-FIbHsd0zfzY3oQhVxRSUg_4nE1xacVe0RmBq21Qk48SrKsyYAmEQObOYpGc4/s4032/71779515162__FC2EA384-5667-4800-8BCD-ACA70A20B7B7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9Eyuc66B0vWvdNIzTiKUduBG2nOsVKJTGoW1igWzVYR_dV_-J0cFq0-91Im3Runhm_ly11DW5aDLKGx5ps5rKyHiwoeqmIguDyc9qYKiZRAk1LrEn2Fs5PVLv9GuVD-FIbHsd0zfzY3oQhVxRSUg_4nE1xacVe0RmBq21Qk48SrKsyYAmEQObOYpGc4/s320/71779515162__FC2EA384-5667-4800-8BCD-ACA70A20B7B7.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Smith Center experience<p> </p><p>I was happy to spend several days recently at the <a href="https://www.piedmont.edu/lillian-e-smith-center/artist-retreat/">Lillian E. Smith Center </a>where I've had many residencies in the past fourteen years. I've gone to the center at least once each year and in a few occasions, a couple of times. The residencies give me a focused time to work on projects. I've begun several design ideas for tapestries there as well as worked on writing and also sampling for upcoming classes.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYM8-W17mFgMbaE7PBlfyrS6Yi3hC4t11Fbwmwy4GIE-nCyyHx-_UfrqsCQtitSHpekGR84Nj6s0JgovIuPWBkyM8bocEOTAnIFAkTFf6AHaCdqj8lLQB5cKZH6jGp53ErIBz2j6zSayTu-EBwSJtjIc-kNo9wc7e-Tuj8YdV78OVYsrHPqBCTRF1DoJU/s3088/IMG_0312.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYM8-W17mFgMbaE7PBlfyrS6Yi3hC4t11Fbwmwy4GIE-nCyyHx-_UfrqsCQtitSHpekGR84Nj6s0JgovIuPWBkyM8bocEOTAnIFAkTFf6AHaCdqj8lLQB5cKZH6jGp53ErIBz2j6zSayTu-EBwSJtjIc-kNo9wc7e-Tuj8YdV78OVYsrHPqBCTRF1DoJU/s320/IMG_0312.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNeIBiDDEycxZHqMWh7mFHpGI6qWcaliQ9Wxs0x0n-5m2weVf3vIOQH5aOmipWwSzpUZ2fY5dx6kQT4Tin6tqVtXFivYCauNwbhVvENovVDk29z4SVMmcyOc2hOYN5izHPhu6eVTd1tZWKYt57-ABoTm2Xr4ai9fZJkQ1fLR5jb1wplxFCFcifxQ7MyU/s4032/IMG_0278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMNeIBiDDEycxZHqMWh7mFHpGI6qWcaliQ9Wxs0x0n-5m2weVf3vIOQH5aOmipWwSzpUZ2fY5dx6kQT4Tin6tqVtXFivYCauNwbhVvENovVDk29z4SVMmcyOc2hOYN5izHPhu6eVTd1tZWKYt57-ABoTm2Xr4ai9fZJkQ1fLR5jb1wplxFCFcifxQ7MyU/s320/IMG_0278.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG7fT_7rbM-FZOM8svAX0rEnXEHlGyn2w3mJO74cmtRJBu6yJCBKsAQYLSe_Oq0nEV702Ku7Q7VmT1jSZ9fijM3sikFEh-M1HCPFk6cu9ncFh7Nhpkl-rWEpU1n6Ik0bUXlqTvS17Hn1Cj6pJ1uRiZn_MJPcBzEUQymDTQ6W0JlHC2BG1B5X1XLHZ3Dw/s4032/IMG_0262.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDG7fT_7rbM-FZOM8svAX0rEnXEHlGyn2w3mJO74cmtRJBu6yJCBKsAQYLSe_Oq0nEV702Ku7Q7VmT1jSZ9fijM3sikFEh-M1HCPFk6cu9ncFh7Nhpkl-rWEpU1n6Ik0bUXlqTvS17Hn1Cj6pJ1uRiZn_MJPcBzEUQymDTQ6W0JlHC2BG1B5X1XLHZ3Dw/s320/IMG_0262.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqSioecKBzy1aWZsahYcSUHTTPklw2p5f0DedS-khbiBhvxUZxcZuvza4EFRnaib8O12AKPueaZhgrT-VYQ548VTqish0QFsFuoh6FfumJTNYu8p9ZTwhrmftgl6AJJTJexhipb-KIBoFzc2IMKaR2vu8Zc4qD5-O7DXk9zUfglJmLco3LZ85d-PPs4U/s4032/IMG_0260.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqSioecKBzy1aWZsahYcSUHTTPklw2p5f0DedS-khbiBhvxUZxcZuvza4EFRnaib8O12AKPueaZhgrT-VYQ548VTqish0QFsFuoh6FfumJTNYu8p9ZTwhrmftgl6AJJTJexhipb-KIBoFzc2IMKaR2vu8Zc4qD5-O7DXk9zUfglJmLco3LZ85d-PPs4U/s320/IMG_0260.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDStCEIidYs-RCGhwV3b3yCLVZsGtaXoQXrGnrqpLUpGuUZxrxNjohVko-F-kpvC4rQugvHFCmzxRPBUNADUXvJFWSm96LEXhrhaQTSRpHhvTXKbQFHSQbHo0FJQBF1_1Jzd_jUi353XYviPgMs8oH54AIis8ojmGHsHRGROjRVCc_yYGNTFxLVDCUog/s4032/IMG_0231.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpDStCEIidYs-RCGhwV3b3yCLVZsGtaXoQXrGnrqpLUpGuUZxrxNjohVko-F-kpvC4rQugvHFCmzxRPBUNADUXvJFWSm96LEXhrhaQTSRpHhvTXKbQFHSQbHo0FJQBF1_1Jzd_jUi353XYviPgMs8oH54AIis8ojmGHsHRGROjRVCc_yYGNTFxLVDCUog/s320/IMG_0231.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>On this stay I tried a new-to-me medium, gel plate printing. I've been seeing lots of demos of gel plate printing on Instagram. The plates can be made at home but I decided to order one of the commercial versions from the company, <a href="https://www.gelliarts.com/">Gelli Arts</a>. I can't say I've totally gotten the hang of making (good) prints with it yet but I surely did give it a workout while I was there!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KXmIHU4Mah5O-SyotCWb56zgP0SMX5zRtJvMxYl2sBkpfR5iyp1RAX4e41-Mb5I-CuZh5eMbYg3B0SE3XwAwDvI1T8INRDsv4LcBoIP_Kgq2z0R38_B_sLYO5IwkIH0c1MbE89R08DK2K_jojeNM2bWKYY30ZDswQH10XE_nWEvROiFmGkL7allK88Q/s4032/IMG_0290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KXmIHU4Mah5O-SyotCWb56zgP0SMX5zRtJvMxYl2sBkpfR5iyp1RAX4e41-Mb5I-CuZh5eMbYg3B0SE3XwAwDvI1T8INRDsv4LcBoIP_Kgq2z0R38_B_sLYO5IwkIH0c1MbE89R08DK2K_jojeNM2bWKYY30ZDswQH10XE_nWEvROiFmGkL7allK88Q/s320/IMG_0290.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOG6ZiZVBaHH0PbW9bu9nFULxV9hL3vEFNuch5aeCj2K2mV_T0LdKi26SjScs6mULPculXBDaY4n4yvTL_Lr8Y4JM_nTDM_92vVP60ZPneVoVrgFAhHmYTUwIiKNzIow5t3I4N89G35ISBJrPsoW6cbROZVTGelxYJfDRt7XlBd0h7EL7peOqnD6pGE8/s4032/IMG_0298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOG6ZiZVBaHH0PbW9bu9nFULxV9hL3vEFNuch5aeCj2K2mV_T0LdKi26SjScs6mULPculXBDaY4n4yvTL_Lr8Y4JM_nTDM_92vVP60ZPneVoVrgFAhHmYTUwIiKNzIow5t3I4N89G35ISBJrPsoW6cbROZVTGelxYJfDRt7XlBd0h7EL7peOqnD6pGE8/s320/IMG_0298.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOifCMK0K9AjaCUtGs9s19w69Q4AkOoFfmQbD_OAgO7ZXMYarZotDfQ6jcFmf_oHXkvniJPSW-Jt2MWm_kpV-BfzrK757GHPE34GPhqnbITdiwDIo4ql0qD-MdbWU9ZiPaWElH0JKwdrAQxQe9i0aNKu4oJyS8Ybsdj1DxiJYzUG1XQWtOH6QBk6f4fk/s4032/IMG_0324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyOifCMK0K9AjaCUtGs9s19w69Q4AkOoFfmQbD_OAgO7ZXMYarZotDfQ6jcFmf_oHXkvniJPSW-Jt2MWm_kpV-BfzrK757GHPE34GPhqnbITdiwDIo4ql0qD-MdbWU9ZiPaWElH0JKwdrAQxQe9i0aNKu4oJyS8Ybsdj1DxiJYzUG1XQWtOH6QBk6f4fk/s320/IMG_0324.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOT1wiFBVrs1lOWkt-XsXEW5FJPcSHtYNAEWOcKJfDMs6jt_D3f5yBx2WSLIeEQH4XqFkQwMmaxqLAa-5pJxmq0aktLnAfbVKbGU6gN0MtPT9Ou44oEV909dTz_fJMZCxyZ-KsPLPgRe_GJbLQ6tGi2HhRiMs6tO_W6uaYxOLVT_59ej2zZcjPymXGrzI/s4032/IMG_0301.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOT1wiFBVrs1lOWkt-XsXEW5FJPcSHtYNAEWOcKJfDMs6jt_D3f5yBx2WSLIeEQH4XqFkQwMmaxqLAa-5pJxmq0aktLnAfbVKbGU6gN0MtPT9Ou44oEV909dTz_fJMZCxyZ-KsPLPgRe_GJbLQ6tGi2HhRiMs6tO_W6uaYxOLVT_59ej2zZcjPymXGrzI/s320/IMG_0301.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>My goal is to use one or more of the prints as a starting point for tapestry design. I think there's some potential in a few of those for that.</p><p>I also worked on a few small drawings in the evening:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfV9DTydkDclbxfk6DRDVMxmpv_o6a87Uxj0VNm6OW_nndmO3vYH4sz1AC8MjtB_4SmIljBONaIpUxo4AUwKOvZZj7udbpA5LWx4VnTvdp6nga-HznpGsIDXhp0CMimpRdsZAUGtGdfRl2L-uDVJC4ErG3CfGFUH5UD_sVE-0HDXLOdZwrszNKGZpjgHw/s4032/IMG_0280.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfV9DTydkDclbxfk6DRDVMxmpv_o6a87Uxj0VNm6OW_nndmO3vYH4sz1AC8MjtB_4SmIljBONaIpUxo4AUwKOvZZj7udbpA5LWx4VnTvdp6nga-HznpGsIDXhp0CMimpRdsZAUGtGdfRl2L-uDVJC4ErG3CfGFUH5UD_sVE-0HDXLOdZwrszNKGZpjgHw/s320/IMG_0280.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg500DdkX_QUDk7tg3ft3ngms7jg8Zms3wCefn0ldZNKGKwTCYub5FkpGDGQzyIasYgyWVwE3Ve85IyBY7NIszm_WVM86lxqUTU-vlqBmEP8SKh_U_V69RrTW2mzlOJh3w8GDrO7LXwTe973keNtf_d0q5rjklnuIRogvuDwGJMCAXzf2sy2PShAdUm9E/s4032/IMG_0302.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg500DdkX_QUDk7tg3ft3ngms7jg8Zms3wCefn0ldZNKGKwTCYub5FkpGDGQzyIasYgyWVwE3Ve85IyBY7NIszm_WVM86lxqUTU-vlqBmEP8SKh_U_V69RrTW2mzlOJh3w8GDrO7LXwTe973keNtf_d0q5rjklnuIRogvuDwGJMCAXzf2sy2PShAdUm9E/s320/IMG_0302.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><p>I was quite encouraged that I could spend the days in the art studio, standing and working on making the prints. That's the most I've pushed my new hip since it came to live in me! I also was able to walk on the grounds without problem, having my hiking sticks for a bit of stability in some of the steeper places.</p><p>In a few more weeks I'll be testing my physical limits again when I'm at <a href="https://www.arrowmont.org/workshops/tapestry-tommye-scanlin/">Arrowmont </a>to teach for a week. I think it will go fine; just have to remember to pace myself. Maybe by this time next year I'll be back up to full speed again! </p><p>One more class is scheduled after Arrowmont. That's at John C. Campbell Folk School. There's still plenty of space left in the class! If you're interested in taking delving into the resources in the fiber library at JCCFS, as well as seeing some of the textiles from the school's archives, join me in mid-October. This will give you time to see books and other materials that aren't often found. And the chance to have the school's archivist share many of the pieces from the early 20th century housed in the collection doesn't happen often at all. The class is <a href="https://folkschool.configio.com/pd/1633/connecting-the-threads?st_t=2077&st_ti=2512&cid=2527&returncom=productlist&source=search">Connecting the Threads</a> and is from October 15-21.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-31925544631466550952023-09-02T10:25:00.000-04:002023-09-02T10:25:08.968-04:00Because of Memory — exhibit at Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont University<p> </p><p>My exhibit at <a href="https://www.piedmont.edu/about-piedmont/fine-arts-piedmont/mason-scharfenstein-museum-of-art/">Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art </a>at Piedmont University, Demorest, Georgia opened on August 31 with a reception. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJxLFA71Yznuy7Bfzhx4DgEc9nkF5v741Fk6uX89SR1eq-wO95rnsxIz857DO9tHYrbFxmYYemK84s8PmGN_94dGpmUGDeh0SQo_6w7RDJsk3wIXUNuuSchQq3II0QBYP-nwEJq8d7lFTI9gzC097UrMulvYLrfRlC7Oj4l5qPt8XR6RRsGil2vY6QLw/s1200/museum.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTJxLFA71Yznuy7Bfzhx4DgEc9nkF5v741Fk6uX89SR1eq-wO95rnsxIz857DO9tHYrbFxmYYemK84s8PmGN_94dGpmUGDeh0SQo_6w7RDJsk3wIXUNuuSchQq3II0QBYP-nwEJq8d7lFTI9gzC097UrMulvYLrfRlC7Oj4l5qPt8XR6RRsGil2vY6QLw/s320/museum.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /> Lots of people turned out from the Piedmont community as well as a number of family and friends. It was a beautiful way to culminate a year and half of planning for the exhibit. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQh6BlIdqmwdRBs-LSSG8qKqbhvrToWB_TqVsifxVfIuG6aXguEO83p_hhf7n-qN0DRmAGmEeTMZh-OD4yRm1Vf-O4ObRbPFIHuQqOJB9oEWpF4OeBmDjD6LwBdO7Or0MSPT4aGl--vo_UrBP3iwNkUT4XYLHcu9_yWEju9jVJ9TSgt2-FBddprGPGSpc/s1372/Because%20of%20Memory-sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQh6BlIdqmwdRBs-LSSG8qKqbhvrToWB_TqVsifxVfIuG6aXguEO83p_hhf7n-qN0DRmAGmEeTMZh-OD4yRm1Vf-O4ObRbPFIHuQqOJB9oEWpF4OeBmDjD6LwBdO7Or0MSPT4aGl--vo_UrBP3iwNkUT4XYLHcu9_yWEju9jVJ9TSgt2-FBddprGPGSpc/s320/Because%20of%20Memory-sign.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9CCfVo89aSpN2N_2ciQ7Cyg90yxuCOWRZ8Tu9czKbDlcsn082v38DjfdOUv_KvFcGWudKVzWsNf3lc498gquIRobJcd_Ps1DGbf6GxOLhlbUGmKdgDfHfO8x-7b8MwSbaKEX1Fup_viOkIrhVjFZqecNuycNXEZla_Mr-CtO9jDsv64L7D1crJtNME8/s1219/reception.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1219" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9CCfVo89aSpN2N_2ciQ7Cyg90yxuCOWRZ8Tu9czKbDlcsn082v38DjfdOUv_KvFcGWudKVzWsNf3lc498gquIRobJcd_Ps1DGbf6GxOLhlbUGmKdgDfHfO8x-7b8MwSbaKEX1Fup_viOkIrhVjFZqecNuycNXEZla_Mr-CtO9jDsv64L7D1crJtNME8/s320/reception.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I chose the title <i>Because of Memory</i> since most of the works being shown were either created while I've been in residencies at the <a href="https://www.piedmont.edu/lillian-e-smith-center/">Lillian E. Smith Center </a>or afterwards, based on images done there. Quite a few of the sketches and paintings from my residency times were displayed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwbj2z_q7g8pGCnosdNHyKxFrc-pQyOlI6GB-CELXnBbqaRYFinM49DMML_QebbfblNGe4phB2sLItlCnPpweH5QMKu0ZgbjUEyZqYsB783nvdMjmIzSy-Fd9UtcWsbH40FHVmPdxwPs_Xr5ZD9vNhWVXgPf7GGEWCalFdladC9DjvE30N24_wKBOhTI/s1137/drawings.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1137" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkwbj2z_q7g8pGCnosdNHyKxFrc-pQyOlI6GB-CELXnBbqaRYFinM49DMML_QebbfblNGe4phB2sLItlCnPpweH5QMKu0ZgbjUEyZqYsB783nvdMjmIzSy-Fd9UtcWsbH40FHVmPdxwPs_Xr5ZD9vNhWVXgPf7GGEWCalFdladC9DjvE30N24_wKBOhTI/s320/drawings.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7xf3t6254gQpSzKSPVuX9Lsgt7akunTRy3gdeRE-cdfyvU_Og5j__4Brf2uIZL8ZslXUzQYRe_dskjTxUkXq401Nipt8BGgPpAShIzGXVVNv38a7NnseI2p0OI6RuMb4p2Mv_s0dHUUbNPAvu3sI-F9-yo7ytRvCGDdQ4sgOeZbSo3r3JeeBgOtJOpc/s1140/leaf%20painting-canvas.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl7xf3t6254gQpSzKSPVuX9Lsgt7akunTRy3gdeRE-cdfyvU_Og5j__4Brf2uIZL8ZslXUzQYRe_dskjTxUkXq401Nipt8BGgPpAShIzGXVVNv38a7NnseI2p0OI6RuMb4p2Mv_s0dHUUbNPAvu3sI-F9-yo7ytRvCGDdQ4sgOeZbSo3r3JeeBgOtJOpc/s320/leaf%20painting-canvas.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><p>The words "because of memory" are ones from Lillian Smith's books, <i>The Journey. </i>The quote from her book: "Death can kill a man; that is all it can do to him; it cannot end his life. Because of memory...." is on a headstone of her grave. She is buried beside a stone chimney that was once part of one of the structures at Laurel Falls Camp for Girls that she was director of from 1925 to 1949.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2K9L65l3VuAamsv0qEkoVZsHWfY4Ak4wgM0v6XUh1ZNx7M2zDxjEo8tJ_hzyQZWf-0mLuqGxEhm7CoRQZ1e72LKKwh215nj979ZxVIbsvzJkrB-U5X2-W6TZp4aW0ZPPpUSOTdZCHnbZEe3nKOgmSqDcVAb8duSZkiqVPcnTUkpaOxUEIzrUfRn-zpn8/s1200/Chimney%20at%20the%20center.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2K9L65l3VuAamsv0qEkoVZsHWfY4Ak4wgM0v6XUh1ZNx7M2zDxjEo8tJ_hzyQZWf-0mLuqGxEhm7CoRQZ1e72LKKwh215nj979ZxVIbsvzJkrB-U5X2-W6TZp4aW0ZPPpUSOTdZCHnbZEe3nKOgmSqDcVAb8duSZkiqVPcnTUkpaOxUEIzrUfRn-zpn8/s320/Chimney%20at%20the%20center.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF_KerIsbUHQ7h4pwRtd-hQJc4YoliU2hcEntFJcdIzXdYHqWtBUgv8vyRcwHARUbI1cwAWAAiQkxr6CrWMoVOAlVxcJXg-VX-fJAlF3h2zdGJ2itiAuyrQe0LArn3tH6mgCZWe3yIRk0tXd0rjgqKixxWpTYQ_R9J9o3vO3Of3lnBfrsnjnk-larXK8/s1195/lillian%20smith%20marker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1195" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifF_KerIsbUHQ7h4pwRtd-hQJc4YoliU2hcEntFJcdIzXdYHqWtBUgv8vyRcwHARUbI1cwAWAAiQkxr6CrWMoVOAlVxcJXg-VX-fJAlF3h2zdGJ2itiAuyrQe0LArn3tH6mgCZWe3yIRk0tXd0rjgqKixxWpTYQ_R9J9o3vO3Of3lnBfrsnjnk-larXK8/s320/lillian%20smith%20marker.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><p></p><p>I've photographed and painted the stones of the chimney several times while I've been there and a few years ago designed and wove a tapestry based on one of the paintings. I gave it the title <i>Because of Memory</i> and it's hanging in the exhibit—it's the tapestry at the right.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvO4e9NvrWOXkZnzi1EXeNQpNWag-SXsBNpABPYNr-zBr4cFRE6NDtvcpni3TneyBN-Ku3b9TkJsV1nWQoFypjNqCDnuJZ6jU9FC8YbRThDGT8A0o_WaqKOlJrFWn4XAXMWy6jIOJDrwuxVmbgDQWJSdgshNt6Sa6QFT5M69KK4-4qc8SIomZ56Dfo6ug/s1200/far%20wall.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvO4e9NvrWOXkZnzi1EXeNQpNWag-SXsBNpABPYNr-zBr4cFRE6NDtvcpni3TneyBN-Ku3b9TkJsV1nWQoFypjNqCDnuJZ6jU9FC8YbRThDGT8A0o_WaqKOlJrFWn4XAXMWy6jIOJDrwuxVmbgDQWJSdgshNt6Sa6QFT5M69KK4-4qc8SIomZ56Dfo6ug/s320/far%20wall.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Other views in the gallery:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3M70Mp4BOV_2vWQFPYtAcTBEhcV-RjvxQMMNcFSGIcZTYrDWbqZsoryriU1cdnIyxsJWAuzFxhEph4ib-XdV8YpLem7yxJOOqEYmUsfE9BImcxHztJ3GgZOnoqnOQ4ZDav2BVIHk9Y9G0ZTjJvakSFRdxBKJ1xvnQvqmxBxMBxiu5x9MRTHZHRrCaWz4/s1079/corner%20with%20loom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM2rv5em8NiEQodarT9T_Hzbw_sSSlH10q7p4Co9fuD7fjUUE897u3Al_tatcPaTNPbAtxla96KKhl-heHzmPZR1k0cSq8Mdvf7YnD-3G6MjZ_rVHwVuFhMnCgApDxoM9q3unjk-IKauxCatY_U7W_5izje6Y0626iSRi3f4LUdoj75AniLN8-A4dr-k/s1200/wall%20with%20revelation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinM2rv5em8NiEQodarT9T_Hzbw_sSSlH10q7p4Co9fuD7fjUUE897u3Al_tatcPaTNPbAtxla96KKhl-heHzmPZR1k0cSq8Mdvf7YnD-3G6MjZ_rVHwVuFhMnCgApDxoM9q3unjk-IKauxCatY_U7W_5izje6Y0626iSRi3f4LUdoj75AniLN8-A4dr-k/s320/wall%20with%20revelation.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'll be back to the museum next week to speak to some of the students. I'll be sure to talk about the value of artist residencies have held for me through the years. I'm looking forward to spending time at the LES Center again in a few days and seeing what images might be found there. Maybe one (or more) will turn into new tapestries in the future!<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <br /><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-53420425714591136092023-08-11T10:58:00.002-04:002023-08-11T10:58:42.726-04:00Resolved—to post more often!<p> </p><p>I'll see how long I can keep the resolution. Once upon a time I posted to this blog frequently. During the past three years or so I've written here less while involved with more writing elsewhere. I've written several articles for Handwoven and for Little Looms magazines, and a couple for Shuttle, Spindle & Dyepot. Plus two books and now, the third. I'm not working on any other writing (yet) and I know doing blog entries are good ways to record some of my activities. <br /></p><p>One of the things I'd like to mention is that last year Pat Williams and I had a conversation about my tapestries that she developed into an online exhibit for the American Tapestry Alliance website in the TEx@ATA gallery. It was posted to the website recently and here's the <a href="https://www.americantapestryalliance.org/nature-tapestry/">link</a> to that. </p><p>I noted this upcoming exhibit of my work at the <a href="https://www.piedmont.edu/about-piedmont/fine-arts-piedmont/mason-scharfenstein-museum-of-art/">Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art</a> at Piedmont University, Demorest, Georgia. That will be up from August 31 through the end of September.<br /></p><p>And in October I'll be teaching a couple of classes, one at <a href="https://www.arrowmont.org/workshops/tapestry-tommye-scanlin/">Arrowmont School of Crafts</a> and the other at <a href="https://folkschool.configio.com/pd/1633/connecting-the-threads?st_t=2077&st_ti=2512&range=10%2F15%2F2023&cid=2527&returncom=productlist&source=search">John C. Campbell Folk School.</a> </p><p>The Arrowmont class is full but there's plenty of room in the JCCFS class. If you're interested in doing research in the fiber library and seeing some of the textile holdings in the Folk School archives the class might be just what you're looking for! It won't be a hand-on-the-loom class (although the looms will be available if one wants to try out something they discover in the materials). Instead it will give an opportunity to spend time with older books and with many sample notebooks donated to the school over the decades. So many treasures can be found in out-of-print books and in the samples from workshops taken all over the country by weavers of the past.</p><p>Here's the description of the Folk School class from the catalog:</p><p style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: justify;">Written texts, archival materials, and online resources offer
handweavers a wealth of knowledge and inspiration. Digging into the past
can help us connect the threads that tie weaving history to the
present. Spend the week delving into the Folk School’s fiber arts
library and archives to discover what artisans of the 20th century were
exploring, and consider how it informs your own weaving practice. This
is a research-based class; students will have access to looms but no
weaving instruction. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Off to the studio now to do some weaving! At last my energy is up and the pain from the surgery is down so I'm feeling like doing tapestry again—thank goodness.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-85112665845871885452023-08-01T10:29:00.004-04:002023-08-01T10:29:49.762-04:00So in the meantime this happened.<p>Well, months have passes since my last blog post at the end of 2022.</p><p>Lots of things have gone on in our lives—as in yours, I'm sure. To recap, in February my husband sold his business and the store it's been in for the past 40 years. Now he's helping the new owners get it back underway as an ongoing operation. His "next retirement date" (as he keeps calling it) is today, August 1. Remains to be seen how long this one will last.</p><p>Since my last post I've taught an online tapestry class through Lessonface for John C. Campbell Folk School. That was back in January. Then I taught another one for design for tapestry in February through the same online platform.</p><p>I took a wonderful book arts class in person at the Folk School in late February and have two leather-bound journals as a result (still blank).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vRg-bYYyO37l0nzdXkujYZn9asTlv_4TWV5do54U3EXZJmBOzJQ6McROT4lgcRNd3xK0AL8vsKaLgOrqpkfnxgEkg0-ZcpEKlVrlx74B9xaZxDshZHFAuy3DKgbcU7MFzuZDdcDgqOZHSYxHXzj5eD3kP11ETGutDquKyJ-Cm3lvAZ5MO8MEP5m2D-A/s3029/books.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3029" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vRg-bYYyO37l0nzdXkujYZn9asTlv_4TWV5do54U3EXZJmBOzJQ6McROT4lgcRNd3xK0AL8vsKaLgOrqpkfnxgEkg0-ZcpEKlVrlx74B9xaZxDshZHFAuy3DKgbcU7MFzuZDdcDgqOZHSYxHXzj5eD3kP11ETGutDquKyJ-Cm3lvAZ5MO8MEP5m2D-A/s320/books.jpg" width="319" /></a></div> <p></p><p>There was another online Lessonface class in March—I was a student in that one, a writing class taught by Carol Crawford.</p><p>In March I went to Asheville to a gathering of members of Tapestry Weavers South at the Folk Art Center where TWS had an exhibit. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gctyNeNeHk524rPLL3f1VRTovPC_RhAWZ4gSZtwTHsGkmPCOmXhznh8hfMNLeKXUShc6T-m_k9t-gZCGhvm2LxPewrt4yVoUVuTsPLRRKPD5o3b0CsJQywgfkuMzBa5hkLHLyIGyeldYU9hiIDH_Jo2ehg0ZR1RUBAKnmdkeKcYM4B5OnvZcROo5qvA/s4032/TWS%20members-asheville%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6gctyNeNeHk524rPLL3f1VRTovPC_RhAWZ4gSZtwTHsGkmPCOmXhznh8hfMNLeKXUShc6T-m_k9t-gZCGhvm2LxPewrt4yVoUVuTsPLRRKPD5o3b0CsJQywgfkuMzBa5hkLHLyIGyeldYU9hiIDH_Jo2ehg0ZR1RUBAKnmdkeKcYM4B5OnvZcROo5qvA/s320/TWS%20members-asheville%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>My husband had eye surgery in April and then at the end of the month I landed in the hospital for an overnight stay and to have IV of fluids for dehydration. I'd been fighting increasing hip pain since late March. That trip to the emergency department in April was the start of a several months of hospital visits. I had hip replacement surgery on June 22 and stayed overnight for that. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimlMKKGgNAR1zxGji2WxU4Q-3Ssn7rTX63S8R4OurUnf7rGRRoTiJjP_en1BJjy2ehjjricSnffqqaw-DY2GWzCGTtJrz1mbFfcROuON6YbniUKRWop5LcvSo9BHTlgbAlJfI2uAVJsZBX-ChzjlIbPbDyWoV4auKPQ02zlI8rjCI2SVMox7iROV5_5E/s4032/hospital%20room.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimlMKKGgNAR1zxGji2WxU4Q-3Ssn7rTX63S8R4OurUnf7rGRRoTiJjP_en1BJjy2ehjjricSnffqqaw-DY2GWzCGTtJrz1mbFfcROuON6YbniUKRWop5LcvSo9BHTlgbAlJfI2uAVJsZBX-ChzjlIbPbDyWoV4auKPQ02zlI8rjCI2SVMox7iROV5_5E/s320/hospital%20room.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>In early July once more I was at the emergency department, this time with possible heart episode (didn't turn out to be that). But I was found to be very anemic so I had a couple of transfusions of iron, staying a couple of nights at the hospital then. I'm recovering slowly from the hip replacement, having PT a couple of times a week. Maybe by this time next year (or next month!) I'll be walking normally again and without pain. <br /></p><p>In May I was the juror for <a href="https://chgweavers.org/2023-juried-exhibition/">Transformation</a>, an exhibit sponsored by the Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild, held at the Hudgens Center for the Arts in Duluth, Georgia. Elizabeth Buckley's tapestry was selected for the First Place award and she was able to be at the reception & awards ceremony.<br /></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVjcSR3dosi3OC7GwWHNRbGRYV1z4TtHVK2_VeYE64LXLJew4D3GEF4W3EJ3Nh3m1YrznLh0TsP_Bb7Gdv4APz-ipMH011SdrVMsj6ZC_YAvGh0Q73odOPLJROmvCF_YU9kS95yDT3tPqEgLmuHr9w1vi8FIQcjW85RI12sxeKivke-nlYZIEGJIfFeU/s4032/Transformation_CHG-May2023.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVjcSR3dosi3OC7GwWHNRbGRYV1z4TtHVK2_VeYE64LXLJew4D3GEF4W3EJ3Nh3m1YrznLh0TsP_Bb7Gdv4APz-ipMH011SdrVMsj6ZC_YAvGh0Q73odOPLJROmvCF_YU9kS95yDT3tPqEgLmuHr9w1vi8FIQcjW85RI12sxeKivke-nlYZIEGJIfFeU/s320/Transformation_CHG-May2023.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Elizabeth Buckley (right) talks to visitors about her tapestry <i>Cosmic Heartbeat</i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>. </i></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p>During this year I've made the difficult decision to sell a couple of my tapestry looms to other tapestry weaver friends. It was bittersweet to see both of those leave but I know they'll be well loved and used by their new owners.</p><p>I've finally completed the manuscript for a book I've been working on for about two
years—I'm just about worn out from that! With the health issues during the past couple of years I despaired of ever being able to do it. But I sent the digital files off this morning on my (revised) deadline! Maybe in a year or so it will be an actual book. Look for it at <a href="https://www.schiffercraft.com/">Schiffer Craft</a> in the future.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9jiDG_MZ9tbidqacMkFPn_0OKXNvyRVU36aan-j0-3s9gXu00ag7XQvZNPfKGevHwHIg2rSYi6BFWn4dn4xlWmbC8O79qXR-wTjTYFgtTBsMcGhMzc-XXYejVfRbjjthirhbAnoc5a6TCJqhKRaxmnRyHak1QSLT2Fv7jE1sVwJzY5K86pKPdLuoJ2o/s4032/Writing%20chaos%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9jiDG_MZ9tbidqacMkFPn_0OKXNvyRVU36aan-j0-3s9gXu00ag7XQvZNPfKGevHwHIg2rSYi6BFWn4dn4xlWmbC8O79qXR-wTjTYFgtTBsMcGhMzc-XXYejVfRbjjthirhbAnoc5a6TCJqhKRaxmnRyHak1QSLT2Fv7jE1sVwJzY5K86pKPdLuoJ2o/s320/Writing%20chaos%202023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I have an exhibit coming up at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont University in late August and September. An artist retreat at Lillian Smith Center in early September is something to look forward to and I hope I'm up to walking in the woods while I'm there.</p><p>There's a class to teach at Arrowmont in early October and another at John Campbell Folk School in late October. And that should wind up the year.</p><p>Here's hoping for no more medical adventures for either my husband or me this year (and for many years beyond!)<br /></p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-42404687959602563162022-12-18T12:08:00.002-05:002022-12-18T12:15:49.630-05:00I guess this is an end-of-year post<p> </p><p>I haven't been a frequent blogger this year. In fact, my last several years have been posting-light. I've been writing other things and not taken time to come here to my blog to keep up with what's going on in my life. Maybe 2023 will be different. It can be if I want it to be. Just have to make the time.</p><p>Time. That's one of the things that's taking my time! I'm working on a new book in which I'm writing about how some fiber and fabric artists are using time as a motivator. Maybe a diary is being woven, like what I've been doing for the past fifteen years. Others use a journal approach with their making. Some are keeping track of data like temperature ranges for color choices for yarn or fabric in their blankets, scarves, or quilts. It's really quite inspiring to be finding out how time is tied to process for many people. My deadline for turning in the manuscript is early July and the book should be on the 2024 publishing schedule, I think.</p><p>Since my last post in August I've had several adventures. First, there was the wonderful class with Dana Wildsmith at John C. Campbell Folk School in August. I'd taken several online classes with Dana before and I was happy to finally meet her. If you have a chance to take one of her workshops, do it! She is an amazing guide who can tap into each person's needs for their writing.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PpKfrdHlLLmo_4Qx0je2Gwi5PiC3IK035-6Go0XvwY2zxe2MMrTffhu3XjRuYMqVMNDdLu5U9BXJv8_K7DIbHUhH4oHRpK-BoBfQIDTKBcloQZL1LhOn8pe6sJx3PmvVd0WVdiNTqRz6u6kOBwY_-21HFaMomBY5k0UvIdpHAjDOCMo7XW6bx_T5/s900/blog-dana-presentation.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_PpKfrdHlLLmo_4Qx0je2Gwi5PiC3IK035-6Go0XvwY2zxe2MMrTffhu3XjRuYMqVMNDdLu5U9BXJv8_K7DIbHUhH4oHRpK-BoBfQIDTKBcloQZL1LhOn8pe6sJx3PmvVd0WVdiNTqRz6u6kOBwY_-21HFaMomBY5k0UvIdpHAjDOCMo7XW6bx_T5/s320/blog-dana-presentation.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWImze0UyYYO2hrgc-kOnHguJ1ZW_4UlpjtepdSH9SF5KCDaM72beSOGZ_eadg_gWcri64Z-IqMXqLST3fbPxsmDpkdnHD82FZza0KKtl8vNYH_wgy08rni6cB5ToYZJA96RXqgSpo4bejqBCPRhwVKuafG5P-vzM-AkewFGJlnQ3xmJB5Wjo4rDZI/s900/blog-danas%20class-jccfs.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWImze0UyYYO2hrgc-kOnHguJ1ZW_4UlpjtepdSH9SF5KCDaM72beSOGZ_eadg_gWcri64Z-IqMXqLST3fbPxsmDpkdnHD82FZza0KKtl8vNYH_wgy08rni6cB5ToYZJA96RXqgSpo4bejqBCPRhwVKuafG5P-vzM-AkewFGJlnQ3xmJB5Wjo4rDZI/s320/blog-danas%20class-jccfs.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>In September I spent a few days at the Lillian E. Smith Center, one of my favorite places to get away and spend creative time. I walked in the woods, picked up small things like acorns and leaves to draw, and worked on the book. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi1eRL4RLdNTMro74kY4yrRd-ztRdZVLQIBxtYtnXtKYE4w4sF1cTngMU1B9uQyqBnXrwlFpWcDHe-lOjJKY3TE5a2pDSJKvoPDe9WOyJmAPSHLrhDoZt71vsG4gPTNsDtaQUXCTat_nXqyELc0H7LDpRTTJkTKbQbTNZ4-62_JyCgqmYzZ9FZLPG/s900/blog-tommye-les-sign.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRi1eRL4RLdNTMro74kY4yrRd-ztRdZVLQIBxtYtnXtKYE4w4sF1cTngMU1B9uQyqBnXrwlFpWcDHe-lOjJKY3TE5a2pDSJKvoPDe9WOyJmAPSHLrhDoZt71vsG4gPTNsDtaQUXCTat_nXqyELc0H7LDpRTTJkTKbQbTNZ4-62_JyCgqmYzZ9FZLPG/s320/blog-tommye-les-sign.jpg" width="256" /></a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu2FUqXEvUlntNcnn8Bc10V7CMqsd-038DQ_au-h7b8mIp0vi0eOVGiNL8RMhm6taqG8v2b3ylBS2NjA9Pthc7Ij_JXTZ9qZUBIb8WFSLAwcfzn5O9s2JsuR_bQN3S4FINUv_asATrCD8DFCm89dkT4ULZCDJKjQsa83HyzHT6ulDJ47fJvAnyxnnx/s900/blog-chimney-les.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu60hLwnghsG4ooQAWclYxPWxQGivAabn8kA46I_b_WWHgadxONuN9buILAiC-Lc9_RX6nkqxbC0naiOBr8fdjvhVF0Ep_IkHrwr-1D6JgVEOIniB_wHeIYuJWIqpUuI99BEowKy5TVMQ7IGKtqSl3Q4h282lSazdefNAzOWt4a7ljSEGCBabMh-B0/s320/blog-oak-leaf-drawing.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Then on September 30 my heart told me it wanted to take a break. While I was walking that morning I had a pain in my chest unlike anything I'd ever felt before. It wasn't bad but different. I was walking up an incline and breathing hard, the morning was quite cold and I thought it was just that. The pain had gone by the time I got home a few minutes later and I didn't think any more about it. But as I was finishing breakfast the pain came again. This time I decided it might be something to have checked out, I mentioned it to my husband and off we went to the emergency department here in town. After some tests I was whisked by ambulance to the larger hospital about 25 miles away for cardiac observation over the next four days. After assorted tests and scans and enough blood drawn to float a small boat it was determined I'd had an NSTEMI and I was allowed to go home with a handful of new meds. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOulCHIhAEaK7N1-ygQmiPulo5MwWegNimL1muFT0s1pygxVwj9Htlo2DnNa9ZcZG4xubkhPHsyuZClDD_ZYUTuC55ST-9Ic01123RPFWouIkmaUz8RluiG4k9YDgLcFe-bLL-aH8sZP4loC0AFvxavIdlZY_yov1Qp4mL8K481f-exg73mir8e4ti/s900/blog-hospital.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOulCHIhAEaK7N1-ygQmiPulo5MwWegNimL1muFT0s1pygxVwj9Htlo2DnNa9ZcZG4xubkhPHsyuZClDD_ZYUTuC55ST-9Ic01123RPFWouIkmaUz8RluiG4k9YDgLcFe-bLL-aH8sZP4loC0AFvxavIdlZY_yov1Qp4mL8K481f-exg73mir8e4ti/s320/blog-hospital.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p>I spent one night at home and was back to the hospital, by ambulance this time, because of extreme pain in my abdomen. And back to the larger hospital in another ambulance. It was an obstructed bowel issue and luckily I didn't have to have surgery this time as I did last year. The scar tissue from the past two abdominal surgeries I've had seems to have created quite a network of challenges for my guts. You can imagine that a couple of unplanned hospital stays put a bit of crimp into my time.</p><p>In early November I taught another online class, this one for the Redwood Fiber Guild in California. The topic was paper weaving, something I'd done for the Folk School online classes in March. Presenting a hands-on activity online is a challenge--my workspace looked like this at the end of each session! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1358mnM-c17Vt1hKnNPZvD9s9qwh9aIgqInwlgawKvDakioN6MwvM8QAF0nXjvNMpPYerhT16Q58CvWGgx-PkxRVV8VXb43aHYGXKpoIgjOkQFM7_0fC1pTUQZSgA1g2nl6iHEilsdYUbejs-CCxWfNFkawhLj-yo_fdnx3uVP_7QF7s-3fMEBVi/s900/blog-paper-weaving-online.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1358mnM-c17Vt1hKnNPZvD9s9qwh9aIgqInwlgawKvDakioN6MwvM8QAF0nXjvNMpPYerhT16Q58CvWGgx-PkxRVV8VXb43aHYGXKpoIgjOkQFM7_0fC1pTUQZSgA1g2nl6iHEilsdYUbejs-CCxWfNFkawhLj-yo_fdnx3uVP_7QF7s-3fMEBVi/s320/blog-paper-weaving-online.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'll be doing a beginning tapestry class online for the Folk School in January and I'm trying out various ways to use my iPhone to film the process of setting up a small frame loom. Maybe by January I'll have it figured out in a way that will make sense for the viewers!</p><p>Tapestry Weavers South has an exhibit coming up from January 14-May 3, 2023 at the Folk Art Center in Asheville, NC, and I took my tapestries there earlier in December. I was able to have Tim Barnwell photograph a couple of pieces from the past year while I was there.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWwTS11E1H49XRiNBSUSiaI0_Sz-SJQDnrm1JWG6SBNdt7rLasIx6LkyzVdfE1GYUVdZpFcJTVh8si7Imi5RIEevNUXk-iPpZCJGZwEnMGsXv2TuLDXtaZT3SnQecfl2rpxxy9IuDxVPVTKVpixLPoZ2P7KoWT80GWOizq0z7WL8a6CoXw_7y7g2j/s900/blog-tim-barnwell.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWwTS11E1H49XRiNBSUSiaI0_Sz-SJQDnrm1JWG6SBNdt7rLasIx6LkyzVdfE1GYUVdZpFcJTVh8si7Imi5RIEevNUXk-iPpZCJGZwEnMGsXv2TuLDXtaZT3SnQecfl2rpxxy9IuDxVPVTKVpixLPoZ2P7KoWT80GWOizq0z7WL8a6CoXw_7y7g2j/s320/blog-tim-barnwell.jpg" width="240" /></a> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeABqWmhCeHkb8NbtTHDHvBVlJfNnp6m4ekkeuFQ3SZI9dPvWunUqgmMR8WhaYqtplJvSBLu3BfDtEyvUZdd93uucKZQuTk5JuA-mZBtge6QLwLlBoeyvWXRwbWmdC4TvorwZ_rH2oRK3FomLUm-kBM3SXsZrAXyvnfLxD2EegHdEC6ELc8d2YUTQw/s900/blog-sweetshrub.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="900" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeABqWmhCeHkb8NbtTHDHvBVlJfNnp6m4ekkeuFQ3SZI9dPvWunUqgmMR8WhaYqtplJvSBLu3BfDtEyvUZdd93uucKZQuTk5JuA-mZBtge6QLwLlBoeyvWXRwbWmdC4TvorwZ_rH2oRK3FomLUm-kBM3SXsZrAXyvnfLxD2EegHdEC6ELc8d2YUTQw/s320/blog-sweetshrub.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf07GUKaiNixx9T5tccpon9nybgqGlFdvjxhj2M6tSwFOahBwuhRTE-w2Xuq6-482IXB-cUsgqp1K4aS8vNrwdRY-AsEctacGj5puzSTcaooyBSGiYYzuJq90i827vSrJarZvPN0lR0rqlkqbKH_cfG1uKrQ6uTPZO0tjqAFF7INL-HVHxwXgUkb8c/s900/blog-kudzu-secret.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf07GUKaiNixx9T5tccpon9nybgqGlFdvjxhj2M6tSwFOahBwuhRTE-w2Xuq6-482IXB-cUsgqp1K4aS8vNrwdRY-AsEctacGj5puzSTcaooyBSGiYYzuJq90i827vSrJarZvPN0lR0rqlkqbKH_cfG1uKrQ6uTPZO0tjqAFF7INL-HVHxwXgUkb8c/s320/blog-kudzu-secret.jpg" width="244" /></a></p><p>Another thing I've devoted time to lately was weaving a postcard to mail for the Tapestry Weavers South exhibit. Weaving and mailing handwoven tapestry postcards was an idea that Archie Brennan came up with many years ago. I've participated in a couple of tapestry postcard mailings that were sponsored by American Tapestry Alliance and each time my cards arrive OK (eventually) and I received postcards in exchange from someone else. I took mine to the post office here in town last week and put it in the mail. Hope it arrives!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHzX1iuPMICzqDNzUaxg5TJF4cxQAULiQofLaFOGFWc-HO3VNllMldzAb4cbJpNPoZzuElGx9NsCfk0Nn0pnMYhTcmo3kevGazgsJmc9OMn40CJIw_hg_R4cTNFmnEft6rjcBrtNXPqHSk7yUbIsk91kbZKfFpnzgI3ZWWGEQD6DwNFoqD420Eqa/s900/blog-postcard.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGQHzX1iuPMICzqDNzUaxg5TJF4cxQAULiQofLaFOGFWc-HO3VNllMldzAb4cbJpNPoZzuElGx9NsCfk0Nn0pnMYhTcmo3kevGazgsJmc9OMn40CJIw_hg_R4cTNFmnEft6rjcBrtNXPqHSk7yUbIsk91kbZKfFpnzgI3ZWWGEQD6DwNFoqD420Eqa/s320/blog-postcard.jpg" width="256" /></a> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsk6yfUaSHDVSjYRpsQTpIQp4JKcec-_XY6IUCyOo2V0xfrZC6G7YGipp8qsZAIcqdH_5-fRITtLa76u6-xAZOIfxHN0qTaulG1mjae0Wx2V3g2ty1eC_Ty3LeSNWmVK51adUGc7IIa58wHyqwb-PuhnXqTnJwVgd5WdyraVLtxtElgngaopPQX6X/s900/blog-postcard-mailing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwsk6yfUaSHDVSjYRpsQTpIQp4JKcec-_XY6IUCyOo2V0xfrZC6G7YGipp8qsZAIcqdH_5-fRITtLa76u6-xAZOIfxHN0qTaulG1mjae0Wx2V3g2ty1eC_Ty3LeSNWmVK51adUGc7IIa58wHyqwb-PuhnXqTnJwVgd5WdyraVLtxtElgngaopPQX6X/s320/blog-postcard-mailing.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p>My tapestry diary for 2022 is almost complete, only thirteen more days to weave into it. I've finished the image for December, a small cluster of Nandina berries picked from the bush in our yard. I'm not sure what I'll select for images for each month next year. But something will come to mind by January, I hope! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9uj-L8GvYh4PSsJ1oWfnKJq-OKdhGQChaMUyFNzYULszOxLpNHAHVVNTk0gTI11Rm6ZpmY3fYEPq8ePSFYpwvYlbR1NBz_cFS6apBh7xAC7vjnc8v09xsrWWCGBqth1trlbSKiYVf7nqotHASn6tECR-6gWvZJyZ3NBeT0aWaRsUV5afWw5866Ni/s1200/blog-december-diary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1044" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH9uj-L8GvYh4PSsJ1oWfnKJq-OKdhGQChaMUyFNzYULszOxLpNHAHVVNTk0gTI11Rm6ZpmY3fYEPq8ePSFYpwvYlbR1NBz_cFS6apBh7xAC7vjnc8v09xsrWWCGBqth1trlbSKiYVf7nqotHASn6tECR-6gWvZJyZ3NBeT0aWaRsUV5afWw5866Ni/s320/blog-december-diary.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-32760592533691616322022-08-31T11:14:00.001-04:002022-08-31T11:14:06.512-04:00Summer Ends Soon--Time for a bit of catching up!<p> </p><p>Yes, a bit of catching up although I won't put the whole of summer in this post. Maybe I'll follow up shortly with another post or two (or more).</p><p>In the last post I mentioned the break I'd had in late April while I was at Wildacres for an artist retreat. Since then, I've had good recovery with the help of physical therapy. I still have some pain but not so much that I have to take anything for it other than topical application of arnica gel. I'm continuing the exercises recommended by the physical therapist and added those to the ones from the abdominal surgery PT follow-up last year. The morning routine now includes those exercises, along with writing morning pages, walking, and--of course--weaving my day in the tapestry diary. </p><p>I've had a busy summer in spite of the temporary setback from the broken arm. I was able to finish an article for an upcoming issue of Easy Weaving with Little Looms, weaving with one hand to complete the samples. I took a writing class at John C. Campbell Folk School with Annette Sanooke Clapsaddle in June and another writing class there with Dana Wildsmith, that one in August. I was able to put warps on two of my larger looms at the studio and develop cartoons for both of those. I started weaving on the largest one a couple of days ago and I'm hoping I can finish it before the end of the year. I had tapestries included in the exhibit "Three Voices" with two other artists (Jennifer Sargent and Pat Williams) in an exhibit at Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville College, Maryville, TN throughout the month of July. And, I was able to teach a long awaited workshop for Convergence 2022 in Knoxville in July. </p><p>Convergence was originally scheduled for the summer of 2020--and we all know how the summer of 2020 turned out. Handweavers Guild of America (HGA) holds their major conference, Convergence, every two years at different host cities in the U.S. I was excited to learn of the Knoxville location back in 2018 when it was announced because it would be a little over three hour drive for me. For the first time, I applied to teach a workshop. My proposal was accepted and I was happy to be part of the instructor roster. When the event was cancelled the same schedule was postponed until 2022 with the hope that by this year the pandemic would be past and all would be back to normal. Well, that hasn't happened but we're learning how to carry on in spite of the virus. </p><p>I really enjoyed my Convergence experience even though it was a hectic few days, The Convention Center next to the World's Fair Park was the location and the conference hotel was just across the street at the Marriott. Each morning I walked to Market Square or through World's Fair Park before going to the Convention Center. The first morning, I was at the Schiffer Craft booth in the vendors' marketplace to do book signing. Later that day Pat and I drove to Maryville College to attend a reception for the exhibit we were in.</p><p>On Sunday, my workshop was held during the day and in the evening I was part of a panel convened by Cathryn Bergeman "The Handweavers of Modern-Day Southern Appalachia" along with Karen Donde, Pam Howard, and Barbara Miller. On Monday, the American Tapestry Alliance had the speakers' session and later in the afternoon I was able to see the small format non-juried exhibit sponsored by ATA, "Tiny but Mighty," at Emporium Gallery. </p><p>A busy summer! I'm glad I was able to do everything that had been planned in spite of the little setback in late April. Now, continue to stay upright for the rest of the year and get some weaving done! Here are a few photos from Convergence:</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dfFg5f5GF1aUTF9tbtfRUBWUWAZ9bQInzRGax2t5FYx068Kw9A1MzqelU-81uwI84zqZMkwfwNtBlmU8pisWf6z1VxqQraxqG_po0JjDET6iH0MSUTJNpRF0p2iBzfezUlI3U4r0J7Rn0TR-TKkjcb_2THBgMMlC4CTBk39cUZl-pkZWgho3ynq4/s4032/IMG_4859.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6dfFg5f5GF1aUTF9tbtfRUBWUWAZ9bQInzRGax2t5FYx068Kw9A1MzqelU-81uwI84zqZMkwfwNtBlmU8pisWf6z1VxqQraxqG_po0JjDET6iH0MSUTJNpRF0p2iBzfezUlI3U4r0J7Rn0TR-TKkjcb_2THBgMMlC4CTBk39cUZl-pkZWgho3ynq4/s320/IMG_4859.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sunsphere from the 1982 World's Fair was just across the street from the hotel and next to the Convention Center.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0gA5xlG64mH2b7WrWhrcSB_1LhwJwq3SVE7aPJ7KmkmsBncm7YImhfUYQ2N4UA5uRosFFjw6aaaQRs2Z0IGGH54Jdqb2PxAcF9bnJNguBsxWtEUykn1abcn19g8NgkUBi5qVvpgg5p5erxAx2Y4F0588rITjD2t7KYYL7i0vne8rT9hqbhHcHXg_/s900/ConferenceandGalleryGuide.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK0gA5xlG64mH2b7WrWhrcSB_1LhwJwq3SVE7aPJ7KmkmsBncm7YImhfUYQ2N4UA5uRosFFjw6aaaQRs2Z0IGGH54Jdqb2PxAcF9bnJNguBsxWtEUykn1abcn19g8NgkUBi5qVvpgg5p5erxAx2Y4F0588rITjD2t7KYYL7i0vne8rT9hqbhHcHXg_/s320/ConferenceandGalleryGuide.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was thrilled to discover that a detail of my tapestry "Revelation" had been selected to use for the cover of the Conference & Gallery Guide!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsMNrCa3DTZztuatRaNBJRoDBwOFuE9uSig_X5tZQoVzRJAvmpHMYDfO5AApVDcHq-iMnfcW-QC9PYPJMw_aN09DDMTMOPVX6Y-0zdamgjSxgS1w2hYsYJHXF6s-Y5xipd_OZs_8-QhlNqKm4pDFXP6kXtnHFcfFteuXEybvBPQm5m-ElfxA9tmV-/s900/schiffer-booth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsMNrCa3DTZztuatRaNBJRoDBwOFuE9uSig_X5tZQoVzRJAvmpHMYDfO5AApVDcHq-iMnfcW-QC9PYPJMw_aN09DDMTMOPVX6Y-0zdamgjSxgS1w2hYsYJHXF6s-Y5xipd_OZs_8-QhlNqKm4pDFXP6kXtnHFcfFteuXEybvBPQm5m-ElfxA9tmV-/s320/schiffer-booth.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I was at the Schiffer Craft booth on Saturday morning for book signing and a classmate from Dana Wildsmith's online writing class showed up! What fun to meet him and his wife in person.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpDe1YaPcaOfi_2ySnUb6bXEUwWDSDZmCPR3TW61c8ULY_IlEDOmujq8VmtTxIIEi_dcn6KOoRxajlg1m3YIaPOob95qLYRv5Kw0tLmzLazzOT4o9jhhNPbgVMSzfpEqTFUQCvRatGUy2oFwA0gjPqScoK4n4Sm-hyTKZZTW_kJQvAB4MQJ2Klnt9/s900/Bob-thomas-shiffer-booth.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikpDe1YaPcaOfi_2ySnUb6bXEUwWDSDZmCPR3TW61c8ULY_IlEDOmujq8VmtTxIIEi_dcn6KOoRxajlg1m3YIaPOob95qLYRv5Kw0tLmzLazzOT4o9jhhNPbgVMSzfpEqTFUQCvRatGUy2oFwA0gjPqScoK4n4Sm-hyTKZZTW_kJQvAB4MQJ2Klnt9/s320/Bob-thomas-shiffer-booth.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bob Thomas and I are communing with the Schiffer Craft crane.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLSOsoM99pe3uNINGTr-w_vx1dbOn8c0P4tPGm9GKFh_gVDECBKSr-sXNS-sQ50iHsFjXNmO0GAmKnJtz5FoS3q3noAikvhAU2zXfmGZuvI4rgR5A5qnXcbd4zg8wNL7gT7FuV3-csLPbcQziivxX0_Qx-I5ovEeVh-sMB4PP-P88oSIN5XKE5ASr/s1162/five-leaves-DensoGallery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLSOsoM99pe3uNINGTr-w_vx1dbOn8c0P4tPGm9GKFh_gVDECBKSr-sXNS-sQ50iHsFjXNmO0GAmKnJtz5FoS3q3noAikvhAU2zXfmGZuvI4rgR5A5qnXcbd4zg8wNL7gT7FuV3-csLPbcQziivxX0_Qx-I5ovEeVh-sMB4PP-P88oSIN5XKE5ASr/s320/five-leaves-DensoGallery.jpg" width="165" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was at the reception at Denso Gallery, Clayton Center for the Arts, Maryville College.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGR4kT4_NCjEJV-k8P-bjbvtX_zCSIgWQMJQ47-B2iBC-fS1GSz7gGKZ_xJcxhlE1pfvXJDMeAELqh18ryHjFGIaTk_VMMRqtUKpG3xkrCfEpJ0H3ZVeFDTrSCbCFrpjvSEf5NlvDMgqWfTI5vIWHAWyv-n9ew6G4tluEXBA_1Z-LKkSk05xxiKhr1/s900/workshop-room-sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="791" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGR4kT4_NCjEJV-k8P-bjbvtX_zCSIgWQMJQ47-B2iBC-fS1GSz7gGKZ_xJcxhlE1pfvXJDMeAELqh18ryHjFGIaTk_VMMRqtUKpG3xkrCfEpJ0H3ZVeFDTrSCbCFrpjvSEf5NlvDMgqWfTI5vIWHAWyv-n9ew6G4tluEXBA_1Z-LKkSk05xxiKhr1/s320/workshop-room-sign.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_gBxy0uSaa5yOkgxdYM4kiwCnIdHNhbsMIfgRnDrrBcXqDIYCNUWP8dJ3XxteCK_H_bhsQz6XtIPMAFfnsJHOuXdGpWL05eaiHjQwY4VPrY-yExTkizf_jpPw1-9OPw8-rrgWYz0P8ahPEO9mt2pwY6k_P2vinR0pcrIqIgabFRkcFGPlHiQBqmL/s900/conference-room-preworkshop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx_gBxy0uSaa5yOkgxdYM4kiwCnIdHNhbsMIfgRnDrrBcXqDIYCNUWP8dJ3XxteCK_H_bhsQz6XtIPMAFfnsJHOuXdGpWL05eaiHjQwY4VPrY-yExTkizf_jpPw1-9OPw8-rrgWYz0P8ahPEO9mt2pwY6k_P2vinR0pcrIqIgabFRkcFGPlHiQBqmL/s320/conference-room-preworkshop.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conference room where the workshop was to be held. The intern assigned to me as an assistant and I set up the room the evening before to be ready for the 15 participants first thing the next morning.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhst_z9Qnlj_IvT4IxErauSViHJZ9kCXMjrszRojSaFRCdSqfNP7r5Gq9l57Plu1H3X_Pd-B819GiR_SGLhcmYES8cvRg6R_3CkSXGsopo2rZ6mPWO0DibaPr7kUlG6mHvjE72q5OJO0NLTAngRo9M5zQbj2aNOcdHGqYMcB-fnpIDAEWTDDfRE5pE-/s900/Nancy-crampton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhst_z9Qnlj_IvT4IxErauSViHJZ9kCXMjrszRojSaFRCdSqfNP7r5Gq9l57Plu1H3X_Pd-B819GiR_SGLhcmYES8cvRg6R_3CkSXGsopo2rZ6mPWO0DibaPr7kUlG6mHvjE72q5OJO0NLTAngRo9M5zQbj2aNOcdHGqYMcB-fnpIDAEWTDDfRE5pE-/s320/Nancy-crampton.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The workshop focus was to explore the elements and principles of design with paper, paint, charcoal, and crayons rather than yarn.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97N3miBUINE6mFIRwnW-gJwaQ2kkaa-4qzxzYaiJoAkXcc6pSWOaUeDTEwF_-HrPmUVPvLwQqQEyGfOCjWoN9VhaUBs_ZzbUCrJL9cuaytu2e00F7xUSmiYzRkxlnS_nL51BbhBR6-Sk9WZ83Gqy_Myjs7bZUrdrLNN0B5Y3WARTPbOXEz0V54x0I/s900/tiny-but-mighty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="799" data-original-width="900" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh97N3miBUINE6mFIRwnW-gJwaQ2kkaa-4qzxzYaiJoAkXcc6pSWOaUeDTEwF_-HrPmUVPvLwQqQEyGfOCjWoN9VhaUBs_ZzbUCrJL9cuaytu2e00F7xUSmiYzRkxlnS_nL51BbhBR6-Sk9WZ83Gqy_Myjs7bZUrdrLNN0B5Y3WARTPbOXEz0V54x0I/s320/tiny-but-mighty.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiny but Mighty exhibit. This is only a small portion of the over 100 small tapestries that were on display. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IVcj7l4r-S3DCRFroa0G_SeevFubQRMl0wWbNKykJva-G74LF67MTD1dFLYDB7i_GVXwcOVrDeIWUrk1FOw5TOciD2qcfpYlY2rkw2Z0PDq976zgElIwQLPsZtt2sxcAxQHRl5jts5cRFr6_6blHiHemwiq2u-K060-loPtotjp-kIQ8Z9Jp3v5A/s3794/worlds-fair-park-bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3011" data-original-width="3794" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3IVcj7l4r-S3DCRFroa0G_SeevFubQRMl0wWbNKykJva-G74LF67MTD1dFLYDB7i_GVXwcOVrDeIWUrk1FOw5TOciD2qcfpYlY2rkw2Z0PDq976zgElIwQLPsZtt2sxcAxQHRl5jts5cRFr6_6blHiHemwiq2u-K060-loPtotjp-kIQ8Z9Jp3v5A/s320/worlds-fair-park-bridge.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the morning views as I started walking.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnv_u5brfUsFyA85664e6EnwHBMDvynwU6QQq4JG8AsVhkfSIOgP222JDUAXIt9B1WPu4iYcyxnO13qRY9t2hS9fdVFC64v5bYKaeOasfTlHGDdZ1CQWwyX_IB_HQTObnm3bZt31WRpPnbxd2LvVShZBSopcBamm8CTIs08avDOXyyfiL-ucY-etGF/s800/Tommye%20and%20Sunsphere.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnv_u5brfUsFyA85664e6EnwHBMDvynwU6QQq4JG8AsVhkfSIOgP222JDUAXIt9B1WPu4iYcyxnO13qRY9t2hS9fdVFC64v5bYKaeOasfTlHGDdZ1CQWwyX_IB_HQTObnm3bZt31WRpPnbxd2LvVShZBSopcBamm8CTIs08avDOXyyfiL-ucY-etGF/s320/Tommye%20and%20Sunsphere.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And at the end of the stay in Knoxville I took the last walk in World's Fair Park.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-77112351701308228282022-06-17T22:04:00.001-04:002022-06-17T22:04:20.203-04:00Lordy, it's been awhile!<p> </p><p>Or, lots of things have happened since I last posted.</p><p>In the last blog entry I was finishing up a tapestry of sweetshrub. I did that, took it to the frame shop and it's now ready for an exhibit I'll be in with two other tapestry artists soon. That's to be at Danso Gallery, Clayton Arts Center, Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee. The show, "Three Voices," opens at the end of June and runs through July--it will be up during the Handweavers Guild of America Convergence and is on one of the tours offered as an option for conference attendees. The opening is on July 16. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe2z58I6PLIDV97SVUt9SrGOHGVmFsJnaHlquwW2DQuEwy3XbqVbZp1bA3TBbx4t0N3iJgRyhZV-FUbCEDcO2csaGHjxJY8Q2lZpNNaPGDOwuFiJdAeq0Khdss327wPEAXDSQBFBc08PAKGC3EVYhMjj8WP74tV-oVAMIfYzrx01pWgBzCWW2HCC9/s776/Denso%20poster4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbe2z58I6PLIDV97SVUt9SrGOHGVmFsJnaHlquwW2DQuEwy3XbqVbZp1bA3TBbx4t0N3iJgRyhZV-FUbCEDcO2csaGHjxJY8Q2lZpNNaPGDOwuFiJdAeq0Khdss327wPEAXDSQBFBc08PAKGC3EVYhMjj8WP74tV-oVAMIfYzrx01pWgBzCWW2HCC9/s320/Denso%20poster4.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p>So... what else has happened since my March post? Well, I guess the most important thing was this: I went to a long-awaited artist residency at Wildacres Retreat near Little Switzerland, North Carolina in late April. I say "long-awaited" because I'd applied for a residency there twice before and hadn't been accepted. When word came this year that I was selected for a week-long residency I was elated. </p><p>I arrived on April 25 and settled into the cabin I was assigned and found it was a great space for doing work of all kinds. My goals while there were to concentrate on a new book I'm working on and to hike the trails, photographing and drawing what I saw while there. I also took a small loom to work on. </p><p>On April 28 I hiked Azalea Trail to the lodge and walked back down another trail to the main graveled road. I had my hiking sticks and sensible shoes, and was bundled up for the chilly morning with coat that had a separate liner, a fleece vest, turtleneck shirt and jeans. I was back to the gravel road and walking along, looking around, as I typically do when I walk, when my toe hit a stone embedded in the road. The stone didn't move but I did--I stumbled and fell hard on my left side with my face and left arm taking the brunt of the blow. It hurt like hell!</p><p>I was stunned for a few seconds but then I rolled over and immediately put my hand to my face and looked at it to see if there was blood--I was sure I'd really cut my face up. Then I tried to get up and realized I couldn't do that easily because I couldn't use my left arm! Somehow I got to my feet and slowly walked another 1/8 mile or so to where I was staying. I called the office when I got to the cabin and asked if there was an emergency department nearby, thought I needed to go. I was asked if I could drive myself and I said I didn't think so. </p><p>From that point--and for a long time afterwards, I've depended on others. I depended on the kindness of the Wildacres folks, especially Kathy who took me to Spruce Pine hospital's emergency department and Wendy who kept phone check later on me through the night. I really appreciate the staff at the hospital who treated me quickly and sent me away with a couple of slings to immobilize my arm, offered prescription meds for pain (that I refused--but had a good dose of Tylenol instead), and a with CD of the X-rays they'd taken.</p><p>I called my husband when I got back to my cabin to tell him what had happened. I also talked to my sister and my niece. All were willing to come get me. And we arranged that the next day, the 29th of April, my husband and sister would to drive the four + hours together in her car, and then he and I would go home in mine. Bit by bit, through the day of the 28th, after getting back from the hospital, I packed up my car. And then got what sleep I could by sitting up in a chair with ice pack on my shoulder, arm in the sling, taking Tylenol every 6 hours.<br /></p><p>The next day my husband and sister arrived, picked me up and we came back home. What an inglorious end to a retreat!</p><p>Since then I've had several visits to an orthopedic specialist, X-rays galore, CT scan, and even an ultrasound (to look for blood clots), to add to the mix. But all has been going as well as possible and I'm able to have physical therapy now. However, the pain has been amazing. At the emergency department I was told that a broken proximal humerus was very painful but I thought I knew a bit about pain since I've had a couple of abdominal surgeries, as well as a broken ankle in the past. Well, I didn't know s**t about pain! </p><p>But I'm grateful that I'm now seven weeks and a day away from the fall and that I don't have pain like I did before. It's still with me and is more so at times. But I have to keep it in perspective, I have to realize that I do have relief from the pain for times--and now for extended times. Others who I know have constant pain. There's a Flannery O'Connor quote about pain that I have in a journal somewhere. Maybe I can find it and post it in the future.</p><p>For now, I'll be grateful for relief from pain when it comes and that it comes frequently now. I'll also hope to have another opportunity for a Wildacres artist residency in the future--if I'm accepted for another one, I'll try valiantly to stay on my feet and healthy the whole time!<br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-55049191089849948392022-03-22T10:33:00.002-04:002022-03-22T10:33:27.595-04:00New tapestry update<p> </p><p> </p><p>A short post today with a couple of photos of the current tapestry I'm working on. This is the sweetshrub that I wrote about in the last post.</p><p>I've been able to spend a few hours almost every day with it since beginning the weaving in early March. Possibly, if I really push, I can finish it by the end of the month! At least that's the plan right now.</p><p>I have an online class for John C. Campbell Folk School coming up this weekend and I'll be working on prep for that in the next days. But a little bit of weaving time each day will go into this sweetshrub. Maybe.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWi_DrzDHdp5aWPOKcgllUJe4rK4b340b_IICcK_XqUIfCqoDitmOgVGCwIob7fKh6HobowCxkNdmCc5bMa_6ov-RnFle5pOsu5uu3vjAxL4Bze-3SaIBM1YltJ0kA8dsOrCl13-Q95IaR77OaVeBixu3kkx3hFufFangTmjZjJ8PF0oaSFOGH93L2/s900/Sweetshrub-and-loom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWi_DrzDHdp5aWPOKcgllUJe4rK4b340b_IICcK_XqUIfCqoDitmOgVGCwIob7fKh6HobowCxkNdmCc5bMa_6ov-RnFle5pOsu5uu3vjAxL4Bze-3SaIBM1YltJ0kA8dsOrCl13-Q95IaR77OaVeBixu3kkx3hFufFangTmjZjJ8PF0oaSFOGH93L2/s320/Sweetshrub-and-loom.jpg" width="240" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKFoNyMdIA6xOlSFNV91X2gcEo6FysHPtx7PrU4jzHAf_2jsS-eSL5NHZ_3BH3C-MjgdFKDOgeqt8ZM0QJ0xWgik-QBKRfwvmqyVESTYiZXgqBYunjiRI_euVNKxyiYlB-xUm-5sFzHvoaBIkLHWB5HWWSu4r_9Hup9Pdsj3d3_ROnsrOcFsFmuEt/s900/Sweetshrub-3-20-22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="900" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXKFoNyMdIA6xOlSFNV91X2gcEo6FysHPtx7PrU4jzHAf_2jsS-eSL5NHZ_3BH3C-MjgdFKDOgeqt8ZM0QJ0xWgik-QBKRfwvmqyVESTYiZXgqBYunjiRI_euVNKxyiYlB-xUm-5sFzHvoaBIkLHWB5HWWSu4r_9Hup9Pdsj3d3_ROnsrOcFsFmuEt/s320/Sweetshrub-3-20-22.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /> <br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-19499497114770147632022-03-03T10:06:00.000-05:002022-03-03T10:06:01.923-05:00A blog post about a blog post! And a few other things.<p> </p><p>Is this meta or what?</p><p>I want to link to a blog post that I recently wrote for Gist Yarn <a href="https://www.gistyarn.com/blogs/how-to-weave/exploring-images-for-tapestry-weaving-with-array">here</a>. It was fun to explore the new tapestry yarn that <a href="https://www.gistyarn.com/">Gist Yarn</a> began offering last year. Having an opportunity to write the post for them gave me a chance to use the yarns as weft and also to try the cotton seine twine the company carries. If you read the blog post you'll see that I liked both the wool and the cotton seine twine quite a lot.</p><p>In the past year I've written and submitted several articles to fiber magazines, some that have been published and others to be in upcoming issues, and a blog post for another organization that's soon to released. Although each of these writing projects were challenging, especially the ones for which I'm also weaving examples to illustrate the articles, I've enjoyed it all.<br /></p><p>My in-person teaching career has (mostly) wound down. But I still feel that I have a lot to share about what I've learned from wonderful teachers and mentors through the years. Finding ways to do that through writing, occasional zoom and webinar presentations, and even a couple of online classes keeps me connected to the teacher side of my life.</p><p>The artist part of me is ready, though, to get back to weaving a larger tapestry. I've gotten the warp ready, made the cartoon, and by this time tomorrow I hope to be putting in the first passes of weft! A trip up the warp for several months is ahead of me.</p><p>The next tapestry will be one with sweetshrub as the subject. I've been fascinated with this plant for some years. Last May when I was in residence at Lillian E. Smith Center, the sweetshrubs were in full bloom and I made lots of photos, drawings, and prints based on them. I did several with loose watercolors on the paper before printing and I'm using one of those as the cartoon for the tapestry.</p><p>Recently, a podcast interview on the <a href="https://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2022/1/23/ep-353-a-deep-dive-on-some-sweetshrubs">In Defense of Plants podcast</a> was with a botanist, Katie Horton, who's research is about sweetshrub! Her thoughts give me more to put in the stew of sweetshrub ideas while I'm immersed in this tapestry.</p><p>So... here are some photos of Sweetshrub from the north Georgia mountains and my versions. Or <a href="https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/calycanthus-floridus/"><i>Calycanthus floridus</i></a>, common names: Bubby Bush, Carolina Allspice; Common Sweetshrub; Spicebush; Sweet Betsy; Sweet Bubby Bush; Sweetshrub; Sweet Shrub.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4JqtNZQe2IeEkAXKtoD8lSuLHqFGY3Fpje-V2FVjNmUGUTMaFGbppCdFAULLdHnjzoQ85umxfVur82K0qTOYJLhpLAY9rPmCWFhYoZjrLpf7m-Gj0DEaULsPJ4FZBlkYFTt3eu2xwpnSOqzgZk89iE7MvakFmZlNGZ7UF7y_wyAgXqAXF4zv2qtgj=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4JqtNZQe2IeEkAXKtoD8lSuLHqFGY3Fpje-V2FVjNmUGUTMaFGbppCdFAULLdHnjzoQ85umxfVur82K0qTOYJLhpLAY9rPmCWFhYoZjrLpf7m-Gj0DEaULsPJ4FZBlkYFTt3eu2xwpnSOqzgZk89iE7MvakFmZlNGZ7UF7y_wyAgXqAXF4zv2qtgj=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjVRb7RzqHSciu4FFUH6gnWylpfZc6tilfSg13DkAkKlntF7rMasKOqHwWuaZrOSXm3KhxhgVtIHng_EIOuxvA4wjI4HDu1pzt3H7FS1JV34xqcmuC4bivv1EY3ox0oZ6pcQz3sQzni9ZGAlHKHWnxsN3d223Rg2pzA-VbrHFP1uhllyxSkWNPFrEI=s804" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="804" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjVRb7RzqHSciu4FFUH6gnWylpfZc6tilfSg13DkAkKlntF7rMasKOqHwWuaZrOSXm3KhxhgVtIHng_EIOuxvA4wjI4HDu1pzt3H7FS1JV34xqcmuC4bivv1EY3ox0oZ6pcQz3sQzni9ZGAlHKHWnxsN3d223Rg2pzA-VbrHFP1uhllyxSkWNPFrEI=s320" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUgyTT9GwqvDKB1eukXa14RnXN-b8AQQbtUdpegHOnmsTioX7P0mCp5OmZwSKbXVlHiZ67f1PHIu2sXxP5K5OZMI4s003GvyiKPzx_p9jZOGbiYWrGF_b8fdKFC20QWuZRL1teStS9ye9owYIKyPO7kvtaEVCPobF2mWyrbRwoLbvI3ZnIMzPFz56V=s970" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhUgyTT9GwqvDKB1eukXa14RnXN-b8AQQbtUdpegHOnmsTioX7P0mCp5OmZwSKbXVlHiZ67f1PHIu2sXxP5K5OZMI4s003GvyiKPzx_p9jZOGbiYWrGF_b8fdKFC20QWuZRL1teStS9ye9owYIKyPO7kvtaEVCPobF2mWyrbRwoLbvI3ZnIMzPFz56V=s320" width="99" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKGs_vkUQRnWQiIjTCjxYFSmM9MpD2W5cQ8M09YKeaMmcfZew-0d-UYYIzqS4fhxoJNrkizJCAQhG0ZFIilYr_12i4YadOn6aSn49aJ6m9aaLpNrteQHaR9f_k77hVqfiAwu-mDFxsMcUgCMpKj_5IKkA9CJLvbh_T51vDQCy4KHzaEqKRoQGHy4-N=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKGs_vkUQRnWQiIjTCjxYFSmM9MpD2W5cQ8M09YKeaMmcfZew-0d-UYYIzqS4fhxoJNrkizJCAQhG0ZFIilYr_12i4YadOn6aSn49aJ6m9aaLpNrteQHaR9f_k77hVqfiAwu-mDFxsMcUgCMpKj_5IKkA9CJLvbh_T51vDQCy4KHzaEqKRoQGHy4-N=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br />Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-52089634768540141562022-02-17T15:59:00.000-05:002022-02-17T15:59:14.922-05:00The new year is well underway now!<p> </p><p>I've had quite a few things going on so I haven't taken time to post to this blog. I'll be doing a longer post soon but wanted to quickly show the latest tapestry.</p><p>It's going to be hanging in an exhibit in a few days so I won't see it again until late March. </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0feHRD_bI_jtaCqtmNAPfNDKpMU3JKDnGlYbIkocQRdPx3BtSs3M6Z_kwuzee8fO8XnGFej5lo-RWYDBpFddkcbvKR9WQX5KWsHGsnJuFAuh9N2QZFIgRxcK1lNoKvEnlp2Uoi3BnV2ERmbN3G1VOMI22VQmGPL0T8Noo-ihcvHZ0cTGl1FPQYH3L=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1422" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg0feHRD_bI_jtaCqtmNAPfNDKpMU3JKDnGlYbIkocQRdPx3BtSs3M6Z_kwuzee8fO8XnGFej5lo-RWYDBpFddkcbvKR9WQX5KWsHGsnJuFAuh9N2QZFIgRxcK1lNoKvEnlp2Uoi3BnV2ERmbN3G1VOMI22VQmGPL0T8Noo-ihcvHZ0cTGl1FPQYH3L=w296-h400" width="296" /></a></div><br />Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-27897622874912870562022-01-01T17:06:00.002-05:002022-01-01T17:15:35.761-05:00Happy New Year! May it be better than the last two<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDZmME6t1MQfl4Q5qIGQMJsLvPRCeInMd966522K_l4ipYFuDpagrfdYiy9y1mjRFc8AYdeI0LYVdEJSL6iqHbWxzEvvpaowzQUV_XA1xdQ5PV0fm2lXZcGqgfkPnIgMi9e9pIQJCfAMTWZp4q2YHOZQ223q4wRmqYYPSSdW2ujFl1upKCLSAEeWD0=s2100" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1012" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDZmME6t1MQfl4Q5qIGQMJsLvPRCeInMd966522K_l4ipYFuDpagrfdYiy9y1mjRFc8AYdeI0LYVdEJSL6iqHbWxzEvvpaowzQUV_XA1xdQ5PV0fm2lXZcGqgfkPnIgMi9e9pIQJCfAMTWZp4q2YHOZQ223q4wRmqYYPSSdW2ujFl1upKCLSAEeWD0=w193-h400" width="193" /></a></div><p></p><p>I finished weaving my 2021 tapestry diary yesterday and cut it from the loom in late afternoon. It was a labor of love and I'm grateful that I was able to continue weaving on it following the surgery in August and many days of recovery once I got home.</p><p>I decided to show some of those missed days of weaving by adding alternating squares of gray and white across the width of the tapestry. In early September I wove the 18 days I'd missed. Those began when I was taken to the emergency room on August 12, and continued with the week's stay at the hospital, followed by days of recovery at home before I was able to weave again for several minutes at a time.</p><p>If you notice, there are only eleven sections woven as a monthly entries... that's because I didn't feel like designing and weaving a leaf in August. And the leaf for September was sort of small; recovery was a bit slow. </p><p>But in the last couple of months of 2021 I've felt mostly fine. I felt a sense of accomplishment with the ending of the weaving yesterday. I have my new warp for on the loom and have started by weaving one square for the first day of the first month of the new year! Now to select a theme for the monthly parts of the diary and get the January one underway in a few days.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQTZHarkf_uzdjLgZNGIXe_mElyYGuZJNYfJLBciCKrOa67ObvLHAIB6vmdWllD1lV8QnyNuK-0uBc43PWlq9zrAAoR3laW4gq4wgPQ4PKHQkMJZ4wx0gvxeOTlzKxGN82eqLLJonAaenP3hvd3c4ts3g2-FxU7G3tO-pwGMia-DjuqmSNK1Dd7uHW=s881" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="881" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQTZHarkf_uzdjLgZNGIXe_mElyYGuZJNYfJLBciCKrOa67ObvLHAIB6vmdWllD1lV8QnyNuK-0uBc43PWlq9zrAAoR3laW4gq4wgPQ4PKHQkMJZ4wx0gvxeOTlzKxGN82eqLLJonAaenP3hvd3c4ts3g2-FxU7G3tO-pwGMia-DjuqmSNK1Dd7uHW=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Here's to a healthy and happy and <i><b>better</b></i> 2022 for one and all!<br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-11999118973858709692021-12-26T11:58:00.002-05:002021-12-26T11:58:46.805-05:00An end to a year and a tapestry<p> </p><p> </p><p>I'm amazed that 2021 is nearly done. It's been quite a year, hasn't it? COVID-19 didn't fade away as hoped but there has been hope found with the vaccinations and boosters. Daily life didn't return to pre-2020 "normal" but new normal paths have been found. </p><p>When I look back at 2021 I'm glad to know that my second book, <a href="https://www.schifferbooks.com/tapestry-design-basics-and-beyond-planning-and-weaving-with-confidence-7055"><i>Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Planning and Weaving with Confidence</i></a>, was released this summer. And it's already into a second printing! I've written a few articles and have another book project that I've started. And, in spite of having about two months of forced down time with surgery and recovery, I've been able to weave two larger tapestries this year as well as a few smaller ones. I sometimes think I haven't gotten much done in 2021 but I have to remind myself that I did accomplish these things (and a few more) and I'm glad to have been able to do so.</p><p>My 2021 tapestry diary will be ending in a few days and I'll be tying on the warp to begin with 2022 on January 1, the 14th year of my ongoing daily practice. I'd like to be around long enough to weave at least twenty of these things! Then I'll hope for a few more.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2XBO5zgPCX9j6YDj1i_vQWk7LIZkBlVzJHQecJQ-uhCtOfEB3rN1ZaZ5olh46LCEufnjPDuqb98EpGdOC3crlMeg0uHy2zXA9QhxoKcj0y1gGEUBk4l3K-X7WRVBCGXFgNc3XMGlMyC8_mBwkey8KiPs5KrAM2Ic3WVQAhCFXf6u_da4oFCgc-ukc=s916" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2XBO5zgPCX9j6YDj1i_vQWk7LIZkBlVzJHQecJQ-uhCtOfEB3rN1ZaZ5olh46LCEufnjPDuqb98EpGdOC3crlMeg0uHy2zXA9QhxoKcj0y1gGEUBk4l3K-X7WRVBCGXFgNc3XMGlMyC8_mBwkey8KiPs5KrAM2Ic3WVQAhCFXf6u_da4oFCgc-ukc=s320" width="314" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was at the end of November before I added the leaf for December.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Here are a few photos of the just-completed tapestry. I finished weaving the large one just a few days ago. The smaller one was on the same warp but I ended the weaving for that a month or so back. Both were cut off at the same time.</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYNwcBZNatsbgFtk5fqfPe9l0HVJnhkoEVCKPhLGFHEewmPfXStRTRqh17U1tgkDXCdrjndeyTLK2CV8MJhxR6-O1Wx4qRwgIv7gaYqLPQnivd2rKBxeU4XLtXDQz5fSVQYPA4le3JjMkwqYFghzMfUM4zcaobgoC9w6HxFTLTrpoKkbW28hauEG_l=s800" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhYNwcBZNatsbgFtk5fqfPe9l0HVJnhkoEVCKPhLGFHEewmPfXStRTRqh17U1tgkDXCdrjndeyTLK2CV8MJhxR6-O1Wx4qRwgIv7gaYqLPQnivd2rKBxeU4XLtXDQz5fSVQYPA4le3JjMkwqYFghzMfUM4zcaobgoC9w6HxFTLTrpoKkbW28hauEG_l=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken on December 15--I still had several inches to fill in on the design part and then the hem remaining to weave.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZkk-NFZ3_YWkBNpGUZXG94qa1JGH0Bh_UiS2mQq-O5gqPRy_u9WiiPHqUCVxe3ThSYGONyd7p7FC1Jy-YmXyBTqP3he9AirDoGIoZ4jN685hTcxDU19A6For_eDjC5GOhXdnuyiXb2Vfzyy819ACHZQXAjHMbHs25pNglSuDo07FGshxZTIjUpRYK=s873" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgZkk-NFZ3_YWkBNpGUZXG94qa1JGH0Bh_UiS2mQq-O5gqPRy_u9WiiPHqUCVxe3ThSYGONyd7p7FC1Jy-YmXyBTqP3he9AirDoGIoZ4jN685hTcxDU19A6For_eDjC5GOhXdnuyiXb2Vfzyy819ACHZQXAjHMbHs25pNglSuDo07FGshxZTIjUpRYK=s320" width="220" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I cut it off the loom last Sunday, December 19.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEityswYKLw-X-4jfUOcXdPtsGrJQWb-bfYNmw1EOXAYpjRWFl_QRXws5qpy2VlpWRJ_EjwsvbboHzh96M4pNKpW4jF8e9gnMLNyC4tV91C8htKLV6RFISU_5iRxEPh-smX2B8LagIZzL8s4hnuAO8ZnNGA4Efwu7dhfAFkIHR0ex7P2Y2_Oh99iWS_N=s748" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEityswYKLw-X-4jfUOcXdPtsGrJQWb-bfYNmw1EOXAYpjRWFl_QRXws5qpy2VlpWRJ_EjwsvbboHzh96M4pNKpW4jF8e9gnMLNyC4tV91C8htKLV6RFISU_5iRxEPh-smX2B8LagIZzL8s4hnuAO8ZnNGA4Efwu7dhfAFkIHR0ex7P2Y2_Oh99iWS_N=s320" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And, here it is--hanging up just after the cut off, loose ends and all.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitRNlFjy-ouzoS81y8HgQIxkV7RXdBV2fx1-RwE3iNFd71vYp5f3j4IGacQq_3pLftl-7uqN1t5TYEAZgtuZAQr17iNw6EfZYkUzVRzLZfien-jYXTQhDbvyh3k-wd0h3Jvpx8My1F7djDTVimMZiSb5Lrkh9SBV7kAjXUttT_ffVjJUxDw_IgYcRQ=s1107" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1107" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEitRNlFjy-ouzoS81y8HgQIxkV7RXdBV2fx1-RwE3iNFd71vYp5f3j4IGacQq_3pLftl-7uqN1t5TYEAZgtuZAQr17iNw6EfZYkUzVRzLZfien-jYXTQhDbvyh3k-wd0h3Jvpx8My1F7djDTVimMZiSb5Lrkh9SBV7kAjXUttT_ffVjJUxDw_IgYcRQ=s320" width="173" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the smaller tapestry that I wove beside the larger one.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I'm calling the large tapestry "Revelation" right now; the title might change later but if you've ever spotted the tiny flowers of kudzu you'll probably relate to the thought. Those beautiful flowers are usually hard see amongst the thousands of leaves of the vine. They begin to bloom in late summer and are out for maybe a month or so. Maybe next time you're walking by a mound of kudzu in late July or August you'll have a revelation of your own.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><br /><br />Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-84832317445820797392021-11-15T14:21:00.001-05:002021-11-16T09:46:36.357-05:00A Visual Art Scholarship Campaign at the University of North Georgia<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinD3CdRICgz178KKANXPAy1uUqXHmlndWdl5jauj4nIrku7x05LdECtsvX7xGppyBcR6sP-dsb7Chv4p4I-YdyMms_3gmhjih3kQrgEvq5U9mwwF-Qy9ymBy5Dlnr7ApT7cYjMd5tnL2_HACmDyamt5o6aNvpiLxm8mbj8lEw_VntnoXqjm8mEgFQM=s1920" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1440" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEinD3CdRICgz178KKANXPAy1uUqXHmlndWdl5jauj4nIrku7x05LdECtsvX7xGppyBcR6sP-dsb7Chv4p4I-YdyMms_3gmhjih3kQrgEvq5U9mwwF-Qy9ymBy5Dlnr7ApT7cYjMd5tnL2_HACmDyamt5o6aNvpiLxm8mbj8lEw_VntnoXqjm8mEgFQM=s320" width="240" /></a> <br /></p><p>As this fall semester winds down at the University of North Georgia, scholarship fundraising campaigns are up and running. Scholarships are important for students because they can be life-changing. When family or personal circumstances make funding a college education challenging a scholarship can really make a difference. I know this from personal experience because I was a scholarship recipient and receiving it gave the financial boost needed to make my college career possible.<br /></p><p>The scholarship I was given was for a student who would become a future teacher in a public school in Georgia and I enrolled at North Georgia College as an elementary education major. That degree wasn't what I really wanted to pursue but the scholarship dictated that direction. As it turned out, a requirement for the elementary education major was an art education class taught by the man who became a major influence and mentor for me, Bob Owens. Although there wasn't a degree program in art at NGC at the time, in addition to the art ed class Bob taught a few courses in ceramics, painting and art appreciation. One day I confided in him about my desire to be an art major but that I needed to keep the scholarship by remaining in the education program. It was then that Bob gave me advice to transfer to the University of Georgia where I could major in art education. Art could be an option for an education major?? I did not have a clue about that before! Right away I made an application to UGA and was accepted for the following fall. </p><p>Between 1969 and 1971 I'd graduated with a bachelors degree in art education, begun teaching high school art, and started working on a masters in art education. In the meantime, Bob Owens had been working on developing a degree program for visual art and music at NGC and in 1971, the Department of Fine Arts at NGC was approved and initiated. <a href="https://ung.edu/visual-arts/50-years.php">More about the beginnings of the department is found at this link.</a></p><p>I began working at North Georgia College in the fall of 1972 and spent the next twenty-eight years as a faculty member in visual art. After retiring from full time teaching in 2000, I continued to be the instructor for weaving classes until 2009. I'm grateful for the years I spent at North Georgia, both as a student for a couple of years and later as a faculty member in visual art. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt9_6IFFx05nvrBGIZnYEWdcLF5zbwY8lSfGsHAg_AQPLdQ9NDksyaL2RebtuYW9rt2_8w05KRt3OGH9oRLIn2USA-3gLT7ICHLX2tpAQVSC8YYOS0-6JEj9qaY9gvRabBgKoZo8iYW4WqpEP2h7eyzFswUBZY65yVDXMH4DmhqA5ls6lM3NKWICnJ=s1080" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgt9_6IFFx05nvrBGIZnYEWdcLF5zbwY8lSfGsHAg_AQPLdQ9NDksyaL2RebtuYW9rt2_8w05KRt3OGH9oRLIn2USA-3gLT7ICHLX2tpAQVSC8YYOS0-6JEj9qaY9gvRabBgKoZo8iYW4WqpEP2h7eyzFswUBZY65yVDXMH4DmhqA5ls6lM3NKWICnJ=s320" width="267" /></a></p><p>In recognition of fifty years of visual arts at UNG and in the hopes that other students can be financially assisted as I once was, a scholarship has been established in my name. Fundraising is currently going on to fully endow it so that a student or students will receive it annually. <a href="http://ung.imodules.com/s/1863/cf19/interior.aspx?sid=1863&gid=2&pgid=1146&appealcode=22-AG-MC-OF-TMS">Here's a link to the fundraising page.</a> If you choose to make a donation, thank you so much! Your contribution will be part of making a difference in many future students' lives and careers.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVLCwLvgma6fVBdn0nH4DFzx62mF_DHQ7_L-k4tL3IeYR4Q4CH0edpCkE5L0XhxK5xnW6Ly6XxH0JEl1o1JPF2aZgl204OyRHDgSuIHpdRf1NtzBCXZy56h4HGEC5Tgps2WZz70fm92ZCBiz0Tcqg_x6GqNWTPin0xv_UzqF0CnHXFL5bSFJNQJ0Gk=s900" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVLCwLvgma6fVBdn0nH4DFzx62mF_DHQ7_L-k4tL3IeYR4Q4CH0edpCkE5L0XhxK5xnW6Ly6XxH0JEl1o1JPF2aZgl204OyRHDgSuIHpdRf1NtzBCXZy56h4HGEC5Tgps2WZz70fm92ZCBiz0Tcqg_x6GqNWTPin0xv_UzqF0CnHXFL5bSFJNQJ0Gk=s320" width="267" /></a><br /></div><br /> <p></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p> <br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-20245779098592612322021-09-19T11:52:00.004-04:002021-09-19T16:07:18.652-04:00Weave Every Damn Day (Until you can't)<p> </p><p>It's been months now since I've written a post. Not because I didn't want to but because I wasn't up to it. Just like I haven't been able to weave every damn day. Sometimes things happen that are unexpected. They come out of the blue
and change plans in an instant. One of those things happened to me on
August 12, 2021.</p><p>But let me back up a few days before the 12th. In early August I was able to spend a few days at the Lillian Smith Center and also deliver a tapestry to the Folk Art Center in Asheville for the Southern Highland Craft Guild members' exhibit, Black and White 4. I worked on a small weaving while I was at the center but didn't complete it while I was there. I returned home on August 11. The next day--the 12th, I was scheduled to make an online presentation.<br /></p><p>The presentation was sponsored by the American Tapestry Alliance and the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, in conjunction with the ATB13 exhibit that was hanging there at the time. The presentation had been announced weeks in advance and many folks had signed up for it. The moderator and I, along with the folks from the museum, had a preliminary zoom meeting to work out details a few days before.</p><p>But when I woke up the morning of the 12th I didn't feel right. Was I just nervous about the upcoming presentation in a few hours? I knew that shouldn't be the case because I had my PowerPoint ready to go and I knew what I'd be talking about. I started out with my normal morning routine: coffee while writing morning pages, followed by a mile or so walk through town. But I couldn't get the pain I was having in my gut to ease. In fact, it was getting worse and by 11:30 that morning I knew something was definitely wrong--did I have appendicitis? That's when I asked my husband to take me to the emergency department here in town.</p><p>After an examination and CT scan it was determined I had an obstructed bowel and I'd need to be transferred by ambulance to a larger hospital for possible surgery. From the emergency dept. cubicle I asked my husband to call the moderator for the ATA talk and let her know what was going on and she was able to pass the word on the museum organizers. They were able to announced via social media that the presentation was being cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. And I was taken by ambulance to the larger hospital in Gainesville, Georgia.</p><p>This hospital is one of the many that are currently almost overwhelmed with COVID cases. Even though I needed surgery it was an over 12 hour wait in two different emergency room areas at North East Georgia Medial Center before a bed was available for me. I don't remember much about those hours because of the pain from my gut and also the discomfort and nausea from the nasogastric tube that had been inserted before I left Dahlonega.</p><p>After several attempted interventions to clear the obstruction it was determined I needed surgery and that was done on August 15. The three days before surgery were absolutely miserable--I was vomiting frequently and in lots of pain. Finally, the surgeon first attempted to correct the problem using a laparoscopic procedure but that didn't prove to be possible. So open surgery was done with the incision being made along the same line as the incision from surgery in 2018. In fact, the earlier abdominal surgery was probably the cause of this bowel obstruction since areas of small intestine were involved with scar tissue and causing the blockage.</p><p>After surgery, I spent several more days at the hospital but was able to come home on August 19. Obviously, my "weave every damn day" directive for myself (and others) had to be ignored for awhile. Even though I was home and my tapestry diary loom was sitting in my studio I couldn't work on it at first... just didn't feel like it. But a few days later I began to slowly weave on it a little each day; I decided to mark the event in some way and wove gray and white squares across the width of the tapestry and following the shape of the previously woven areas. The leaf for the month of August was not woven... just day parts.</p><p>I've gotten back into the rhythm of the tapestry diary now and have selected and woven the leaf for September--a leaf from a cherry tree at my studio, one that showed some of the coming fall color. It was a small leaf and that was a good thing since my energy is still pretty low for weaving.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD5xQQ6XRN4FFr5jKAp_BfK34xveJP4ugGbP-KrLKpXl3uoTQFTYjP-4boRjOFpxVDl6xHWFL9qfL6T3nPE41EVzjmFGzDhyphenhyphenhwHKUabv-0ch06kp_frDn8MN-XDPZ_5GhoFkK5lwA7Gg/s900/September-leaf-2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihD5xQQ6XRN4FFr5jKAp_BfK34xveJP4ugGbP-KrLKpXl3uoTQFTYjP-4boRjOFpxVDl6xHWFL9qfL6T3nPE41EVzjmFGzDhyphenhyphenhwHKUabv-0ch06kp_frDn8MN-XDPZ_5GhoFkK5lwA7Gg/s320/September-leaf-2021.jpg" width="273" /></a></div> <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ3IodNlfyvb3eVJ4kyFALU7p_30pNyVSOGfDcH4kAkGmti0bss7PfXgIo7JXFz5K9-eykZEeOu3Kj3e_Gv1rVLWupgPVBK6vDVLXryi-JDZIvem88n_cgxlhCXswmyMZuf6xaP0RWqI/s900/Tapestry-diary-sept2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="833" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHJ3IodNlfyvb3eVJ4kyFALU7p_30pNyVSOGfDcH4kAkGmti0bss7PfXgIo7JXFz5K9-eykZEeOu3Kj3e_Gv1rVLWupgPVBK6vDVLXryi-JDZIvem88n_cgxlhCXswmyMZuf6xaP0RWqI/s320/Tapestry-diary-sept2021.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have done a couple of small tapestries during the past month. One was completion of a small piece I'd started at the LES Center. The other one is for a writing project I have underway. At least now I'm once more weaving every damn day!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg54GXNbBH4CopuZtqzDxMTpKKxiX8JHhBDrxvtaNXmCj4hnR66jBj7B55t3E-SH55yUCPiziKTNN8zcV9TCKb0TYcloQFF7lZi4LjCKP7PWsFxDTlYnKeoV-e1_s2goZZwHBhwVvACEc/s900/Saffron-loom-weaving.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg54GXNbBH4CopuZtqzDxMTpKKxiX8JHhBDrxvtaNXmCj4hnR66jBj7B55t3E-SH55yUCPiziKTNN8zcV9TCKb0TYcloQFF7lZi4LjCKP7PWsFxDTlYnKeoV-e1_s2goZZwHBhwVvACEc/s320/Saffron-loom-weaving.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyDaqUq9_hKlO8pJuiLTceM9vUR93LEQwSnU0lIvV5x1QIX-E2CnR4dOtRm6BVtgT4qy4g-YIhLLPwEHfJZ6-CUa3ef4OZdnsxZFs6sTpMokAdJhs4KhBO3QcrBYDlLBxUD4FIHioJ30/s900/Meet+and+separate-sample.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisyDaqUq9_hKlO8pJuiLTceM9vUR93LEQwSnU0lIvV5x1QIX-E2CnR4dOtRm6BVtgT4qy4g-YIhLLPwEHfJZ6-CUa3ef4OZdnsxZFs6sTpMokAdJhs4KhBO3QcrBYDlLBxUD4FIHioJ30/s320/Meet+and+separate-sample.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Earlier in the summer I was interviewed by Sarah Resnick with Gist Yarns for the <a href="https://www.gistyarn.com/blogs/podcast/teaching-tapestry-weaving-with-tommye-scanlin">Weave podcast</a>. That went live a week or so ago. It was a pleasure to talk with Sarah and I'm glad the interview came out now--it made me feel much better to hear it and know that I once sounded somewhat coherent!<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU5n8Yb7UlRw3MEqIAx87qdMfTJIvEU-XaR846QmL5sTvUK_ld9-2_XwTh2snXbouy087oANJv4wjtKoiGdz2pJupityrgC6oTdsNW7O7S-2-s537FhAqZuoD3IFoqw0X9Af7LvPYSgg/s900/Gist-weavepodcast.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="900" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVU5n8Yb7UlRw3MEqIAx87qdMfTJIvEU-XaR846QmL5sTvUK_ld9-2_XwTh2snXbouy087oANJv4wjtKoiGdz2pJupityrgC6oTdsNW7O7S-2-s537FhAqZuoD3IFoqw0X9Af7LvPYSgg/s320/Gist-weavepodcast.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I was able to fulfill my obligation of a talk for the <a href="https://vimeo.com/607646943">Damascus Fiber Arts School</a> just last week. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9sCMCsorko7jYe9uEUw4XjFTWdKw1RQ_60jLdMSM7MZ8ZQayKb30Fes0Ven1Pj2LReDxm3ZbMGV2RrE7TeHilTGerXcC_CtTjSGfoHgyNTjlzkxh6fjVPWbM3OBt3dTZAhoN__9wW_0/s900/DamascusFiberArts-summer-lecture-2021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9sCMCsorko7jYe9uEUw4XjFTWdKw1RQ_60jLdMSM7MZ8ZQayKb30Fes0Ven1Pj2LReDxm3ZbMGV2RrE7TeHilTGerXcC_CtTjSGfoHgyNTjlzkxh6fjVPWbM3OBt3dTZAhoN__9wW_0/s320/DamascusFiberArts-summer-lecture-2021.jpg" width="274" /></a></div> <p></p><p>And I have another zoom presentation coming up next week with a weaving guild in Cape Town, South Africa, another change of date because of the hospital event. </p><p>The missed talk for ATA has been rescheduled for November 4. I'm so glad to be able to once again feel a bit like my "old" self! I still have some healing to do and more energy and resilience to build. But I'm getting there, I'm getting there. Thank God.</p><p>Now... back to weaving every damn day.<br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-66215225662926814532021-07-05T10:12:00.002-04:002021-07-05T10:12:16.074-04:00An interview, a book, an exhibit<p> </p><p> Last week I had a conversation with Tegan and Eric Frisino at <a href="https://professionalweaversociety.org/podcast/episode-49/">The Professional Weaver podcast</a>. It was an interesting experience to talk with them and share some of my thoughts about my career in teaching and tapestry weaving.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPRor5jQ20EsE825cuRRn4ltxr45AcwM5bLscNz6UFraow-cJOb66qb7UaE9-vQUB6mI4NSOERQsylb4glDMdmZnUYsSM5lD1Cvi2E8CeuNFQo3q1d3mhh8AHa0lSMEGKeCsQ9U88YHw/s738/Professional-Weaver-podcast-page.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="738" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpPRor5jQ20EsE825cuRRn4ltxr45AcwM5bLscNz6UFraow-cJOb66qb7UaE9-vQUB6mI4NSOERQsylb4glDMdmZnUYsSM5lD1Cvi2E8CeuNFQo3q1d3mhh8AHa0lSMEGKeCsQ9U88YHw/w400-h300/Professional-Weaver-podcast-page.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> In the podcast I also talked about my new book, <i><a href="https://www.schifferbooks.com/tapestry-design-basics-and-beyond-planning-and-weaving-with-confidence-7055">Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond.</a> </i>It's now available through Schiffer and other booksellers online, and it's in stock at the Craft Shop at John C. Campbell Folk School. My other book, <a href="https://ung.edu/university-press/books/the-nature-of-things.php"><i>The Nature of Things: Essays of a Tapestry Weaver</i></a>, is also at the Craft Shop.<p></p><p>I've been busy over the past month getting a magazine article ready to submit. And I've also worked daily on a tapestry that I'm trying to complete for an upcoming exhibit at the Southern Highland Craft Guild's Folk Art Center. The theme is black and white and will feature all craft mediums. This is the fourth version of this theme, one that's held every several years. It's always fascinating to see the many ways this idea of no-color can be interpreted! <b>Black and White 4</b> will be on display at the <a href="https://www.southernhighlandguild.org/main/">Main Gallery, Folk Art Center,</a> from August 28, 2021-January 16, 2022.</p><p>Here's a preview of the tapestry I'm working on:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji00iRrnKZJQb1kP5hSiSkQoFU46vLb9jecIL4pRNIoA0snCyXiQx69UFFqLKDx99Hba0Yx90-TiWXm8zs08sk7otb6IQD8DLAsizCaptlDidwX2yoaUYKYJZBsGh536Qh2ivUOdcgkbw/s900/Trillium-tapestry-7-4-21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="900" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji00iRrnKZJQb1kP5hSiSkQoFU46vLb9jecIL4pRNIoA0snCyXiQx69UFFqLKDx99Hba0Yx90-TiWXm8zs08sk7otb6IQD8DLAsizCaptlDidwX2yoaUYKYJZBsGh536Qh2ivUOdcgkbw/w400-h291/Trillium-tapestry-7-4-21.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm weaving it turned 90˚ to the hanging direction. The left side will be the bottom of the piece. It will be 24" tall by about 20" wide. The design is based on a block print I made earlier this spring while at the Lillian Smith Center. I posted about my retreat there earlier. <br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-11823821484526469692021-06-17T10:28:00.000-04:002021-06-17T10:28:05.425-04:00A Box of Books = A Great Deal of Happiness!<p> </p><p>I received two boxes containing several author's copies from Schiffer Publishing yesterday! The book is a reality at last and soon to be in the hands of those who want to give some of these ideas a try.</p><p> It's been a long process and one that I wasn't sure I was up to. But, with encouragement and help from many people it's here!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7T-z8twxiH-goyZvirHrQmOVVCAxbeHo4NDgqwguxSFQvLAzn2sDk82V2plm5tUFqCodsuDkO7giRCOPaQi-2BxHPazew3lT1UjBmZbu6JfUPn1tXo7Wqiw4KK4Kn3hBtD7D4z7k0qGs/s900/Design+Basics-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="900" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7T-z8twxiH-goyZvirHrQmOVVCAxbeHo4NDgqwguxSFQvLAzn2sDk82V2plm5tUFqCodsuDkO7giRCOPaQi-2BxHPazew3lT1UjBmZbu6JfUPn1tXo7Wqiw4KK4Kn3hBtD7D4z7k0qGs/w408-h355/Design+Basics-cover.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-87405270448437221522021-05-14T19:17:00.000-04:002021-06-01T03:15:55.564-04:00A brief retreat<p> </p><p>I've been at the Lillian E. Smith Center for the past several days for a brief retreat. A R&R for my art spirit, I guess you could say. Rest and Recharge is the way I use retreats. Maybe not so much rest, though. More recharging of visual ideas without much else to do.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxFa26T7O9hFvHHG06L7fl_b5K__oSVEAmvNwiVT17CvB_f4XwwrBN6inVHKq9jtLM_7uaciT_22wP1gghnT8bcf9zAsjJdpZTmQWCQryJxVAhvj1tgN84oqy8o6rdBhaISUUimnGMDY/s900/LES-sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxFa26T7O9hFvHHG06L7fl_b5K__oSVEAmvNwiVT17CvB_f4XwwrBN6inVHKq9jtLM_7uaciT_22wP1gghnT8bcf9zAsjJdpZTmQWCQryJxVAhvj1tgN84oqy8o6rdBhaISUUimnGMDY/s320/LES-sign.jpg" /></a></div><br /> This spot on the ridge has so much to see and wonder about at every time of the year. This springtime is no exception.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzslqiiMDsBXsdfElVSVB3E1H_9gLA7ta2NowYeHApN6ge484C-72Exe7UgeBcdLSqRdzpwXsdziqTyC1i_oYD5WvrM_Hd4-o9b4fLxLK8MPQVYJrTs16xO6cP0yKFBQP8OqgQLtvJ444/s900/LES-berries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzslqiiMDsBXsdfElVSVB3E1H_9gLA7ta2NowYeHApN6ge484C-72Exe7UgeBcdLSqRdzpwXsdziqTyC1i_oYD5WvrM_Hd4-o9b4fLxLK8MPQVYJrTs16xO6cP0yKFBQP8OqgQLtvJ444/s320/LES-berries.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWc4Slu-ybvE5b9FqzWujyU849UdDnOUtubCMK5-cMSIdapDVlsy0k58q8hKj7j7WZCdounVhLKd1vyB6j7Zf1jUMktqnHd8rcAHsXvF6I4dOW9qmKonmIWS3FcNfVdulgIrdqZLJYuQ/s900/LES-mtlaurel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWc4Slu-ybvE5b9FqzWujyU849UdDnOUtubCMK5-cMSIdapDVlsy0k58q8hKj7j7WZCdounVhLKd1vyB6j7Zf1jUMktqnHd8rcAHsXvF6I4dOW9qmKonmIWS3FcNfVdulgIrdqZLJYuQ/s320/LES-mtlaurel.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0EB_gq8LdDOXhi1aT195bJGSMcx-to9hMzu2UDmaRUhct1B_AQ1bnmFQRSvo9oy2MebZhiafkMCDV0W0O_x7nSDg59h8SZYk8IE7GgA16cZpuUY3t9vVoS2drErz_jjsb9lnjGCVsPo/s900/LES-mtview.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh0EB_gq8LdDOXhi1aT195bJGSMcx-to9hMzu2UDmaRUhct1B_AQ1bnmFQRSvo9oy2MebZhiafkMCDV0W0O_x7nSDg59h8SZYk8IE7GgA16cZpuUY3t9vVoS2drErz_jjsb9lnjGCVsPo/s320/LES-mtview.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4KZW9S6ipC3wQg9BOGWJHNU5cZeiws1AKkqyXCSDfKF347Bj_cIXNV5Zp020o5nF7KjkmilcRNS_PohENApMDdpJCUC3-DdYshwocnE0AvuiDh98saJt7OzEXVBB2Q63vOdG8ihzWWQ/s900/LES-trillium.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4KZW9S6ipC3wQg9BOGWJHNU5cZeiws1AKkqyXCSDfKF347Bj_cIXNV5Zp020o5nF7KjkmilcRNS_PohENApMDdpJCUC3-DdYshwocnE0AvuiDh98saJt7OzEXVBB2Q63vOdG8ihzWWQ/s320/LES-trillium.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Always a wonderful view from the cottage porch and also looking back at the cottages.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKzM9lPBNcqYfjXSKPCk0PFPcJebAgLQUHbfaJVdP04dHZNh4PgwriWRitcQiZD-NTFNi_Y1hkvHFBkrFY-DXTUGMfAm9OusGjhyl8sk3P_sPQgtKAucwJNWZulUcbyH_RHic7ZuqLas/s900/LES-view-porch.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJKzM9lPBNcqYfjXSKPCk0PFPcJebAgLQUHbfaJVdP04dHZNh4PgwriWRitcQiZD-NTFNi_Y1hkvHFBkrFY-DXTUGMfAm9OusGjhyl8sk3P_sPQgtKAucwJNWZulUcbyH_RHic7ZuqLas/s320/LES-view-porch.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tfBzywwTf3o6-9-x7n-CbywU2jjX5tkeMKF9IbJyLvSgQH0jbwCO0qY6P_lHHtBjba8LGF59BOOc_YSFiawG8xgsN-gA2cgiS3460ffzN5PlXpj6wYK-M7A0DIMewu_4bb_QRSA4fAU/s900/LES-peeler.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6tfBzywwTf3o6-9-x7n-CbywU2jjX5tkeMKF9IbJyLvSgQH0jbwCO0qY6P_lHHtBjba8LGF59BOOc_YSFiawG8xgsN-gA2cgiS3460ffzN5PlXpj6wYK-M7A0DIMewu_4bb_QRSA4fAU/s320/LES-peeler.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br />This time I worked with small watercolors at the cottage and used a couple of those to design block prints. I'm planning to use one of these (maybe) as a tapestry cartoon for an upcoming exhibit.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgrjo0VIF8PeZUBVnBsTvfU8ZyePUaInpQe0uYfUVLE0si66bsyL7XfGmpAd4WcrwrodSisZ8MFWBJ6Dj3lt_gcuArb93pSvRjC8Q-haVzoJryfyoK00wTOIBTlipNArIOI9H4_LrVi4/s900/LES-sweetshrub.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgrjo0VIF8PeZUBVnBsTvfU8ZyePUaInpQe0uYfUVLE0si66bsyL7XfGmpAd4WcrwrodSisZ8MFWBJ6Dj3lt_gcuArb93pSvRjC8Q-haVzoJryfyoK00wTOIBTlipNArIOI9H4_LrVi4/s320/LES-sweetshrub.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2nxkC8-N7lBijpDm9XwMYdI4aiI22C2AeKUoJSPbs4nAZpqPsOIvRLkFhAORBb8Lm4QKMT3MZ5PEMuNF2mnVqqxjqEt7LP139iLpWKp6bD7e4i-fK51ohmzjqedZGWZsrcgW1sOYOzc/s900/LES-tulippoplar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ2nxkC8-N7lBijpDm9XwMYdI4aiI22C2AeKUoJSPbs4nAZpqPsOIvRLkFhAORBb8Lm4QKMT3MZ5PEMuNF2mnVqqxjqEt7LP139iLpWKp6bD7e4i-fK51ohmzjqedZGWZsrcgW1sOYOzc/s320/LES-tulippoplar.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> Printing away at the end of the day and the end of this retreat. Many thanks to Piedmont University and the Lillian E. Smith Center for this wonderful time away!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKFysEIG-mxVXvuEQJsrZDIFcjOtIamriJZYKyOyV03HPe3jqvCUIR5a6cNb-8KpRzCiKP-AtcLJii8AV6WZ2Dvnlz2fXBedYwfBJXbM0Ff8AY1fSK2nd_9p7FGhh8AzmtaDcM_9CXOI/s900/LES-printing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuKFysEIG-mxVXvuEQJsrZDIFcjOtIamriJZYKyOyV03HPe3jqvCUIR5a6cNb-8KpRzCiKP-AtcLJii8AV6WZ2Dvnlz2fXBedYwfBJXbM0Ff8AY1fSK2nd_9p7FGhh8AzmtaDcM_9CXOI/s320/LES-printing.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BESZlswTvEuHdKUl-7TfMDW1_xr_7bTk2cmRSA4pPzo2MyKV-Rv9cTHAipR4Ko0YDlqGKw4e4WmNB-Ot_19LdUkrMyOAGLQbXBiJhOMZmK4GnGqjr3MC-ve76jHb16EYxATo91dzEZA/s900/LES-prints.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_BESZlswTvEuHdKUl-7TfMDW1_xr_7bTk2cmRSA4pPzo2MyKV-Rv9cTHAipR4Ko0YDlqGKw4e4WmNB-Ot_19LdUkrMyOAGLQbXBiJhOMZmK4GnGqjr3MC-ve76jHb16EYxATo91dzEZA/s320/LES-prints.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-65789547345571965332021-04-16T12:39:00.001-04:002021-04-16T12:39:52.090-04:00A book is born!<p> </p><p>Well, almost.</p><p>The book I mentioned a few posts ago arrived in advance author's copy yesterday. The public release date has changed a bit due to potential shipping slow-downs. I'm hoping it will be out sooner but if not, look for it to be released around June 29 by <a href="https://www.schifferbooks.com/tapestry-design-basics-and-beyond-planning-and-weaving-with-confidence-7055">Schiffer Publications</a>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvFKS5BLDo3gOnZzeXpyUAREzshMuC2lRA8AQF1C4-WCEg_MGVS6WcmEc9IdOIlhpctE_nwQ5fcCbx2_uHu-mD_kpsdKBiovdriJ1Xdwzwx9CKTwW3Xl90f4S2ew9waJs-Vr423_uGvo/s900/Tapestry-book-tommye.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvFKS5BLDo3gOnZzeXpyUAREzshMuC2lRA8AQF1C4-WCEg_MGVS6WcmEc9IdOIlhpctE_nwQ5fcCbx2_uHu-mD_kpsdKBiovdriJ1Xdwzwx9CKTwW3Xl90f4S2ew9waJs-Vr423_uGvo/s320/Tapestry-book-tommye.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>This has been a long time in the making. Over the years in teaching I've made handouts about various topics. When I began to do week or two-week long workshops I started putting together relevant information about the topic of the session into booklet handouts. I've revised those many times over as I added or dropped out information. </p><p>In 2018 I contacted Schiffer Publishing with a proposal about a book that focused on designing for tapestry. In it I wanted to discuss basic elements and principles of design that are applicable to making artwork of any kind and I hoped to make those ideas relevant to the techniques and processes of tapestry weaving.</p><p>I was quite excited when the editor at Schiffer replied she was interested to read more about the proposal. Little did I know what I was getting into! I'd thought I'd assemble my various handouts, add a few more things, collect images of my samples and do a few new examples, then send it all off to one day magically turn into a book.</p><p>Ha.</p><p>The more deeply I got into handout revision I realized that I couldn't simply re-do those. I had to rethink and rewrite the majority of what had gone into the casual handouts I'd used when teaching and seeing the participants in person. I needed to approach this in a way to be useful to one who was reading the book at home and working through my suggestions without other guidance. Someone who was not in a workshop where one could ask questions of the teacher (me) and also interact with fellow students for feedback. That was a tough task and I won't know if I've been somewhat successful at that until the book is out and people begin to use it.</p><p>I also realized early on that I'd need to show examples of tapestry work by other artists. I am fortunate to know many other tapestry artists through interactions with American Tapestry Alliance members, in workshops, and conferences. Through social media, fiber magazines, and books I'm familiar with many more. As I wrote about design concepts I made lists of tapestries I felt would beautifully illustrate the points. I began to contact tapestry artists to ask for permission to use images of their work in the book. I was thrilled that everyone who I asked was happy to be part of this publication. You'll find beautiful tapestries by over forty artists included in the book. There are so many more I would have loved to include but space didn't allow. </p><p>A few months into the process I felt I needed to see if some of the design concepts as I was describing could be explored by others without workshop guidance. I reached out to an Atlanta area tapestry study group to ask if they'd try out ideas on their looms at home and many of their explorations are included in the book.</p><p>In the years I've been teaching workshops a few people have attended multiple times; I've seen their tapestry ideas develop in depth both in design and tapestry technique and some of their design thoughts and processes are included in the book. Their pages give great examples of variety of ways to approach design inspiration.</p><p>A few months ago I received the pdf for final proofing and had a good idea about how the layout would look. But, I have to say that didn't prepare me for actually holding the book in my hands and being able to flip through the pages! What a thrill that was. The editor and I had chosen a spiral binding with hard cover as the format. Since this is intended to be useful as someone is exploring design ideas this will lay flat beside you as you work. Here are a few of the pages in no particular order. Some have lots of images and others are just full of words. It's a good balance, I think. I hope readers think so, too. <br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3CFlW0XCNxgr_SFZx6W0ykcmJNYMT0-Um3PjiK476LVe6zCKQ26uCo3_q_-ExU2zDeW6DpxvmTUX4zWrLmeBj3iRNvXrSCYPRPqL72NH5XOPPf_GWsSWUQJ2TFAxQt8tOeXz6rfwGgA/s900/Tapestry-design-book1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge3CFlW0XCNxgr_SFZx6W0ykcmJNYMT0-Um3PjiK476LVe6zCKQ26uCo3_q_-ExU2zDeW6DpxvmTUX4zWrLmeBj3iRNvXrSCYPRPqL72NH5XOPPf_GWsSWUQJ2TFAxQt8tOeXz6rfwGgA/s320/Tapestry-design-book1.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnlKPVqa5MMHrqTsB7OADpzCJWx5KlPu_W4gJtccskUreQkuWrHfSWqkF-ye8_s0WDPX3SGQI4zvB1oRej620BQT5ZkfFWqkV7rGG6M9NQo8B_-mshMN2KIsRO8Sm-Uznc9Y-oyGrepmI/s900/Tapestry-design-book9c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6B0zBEy25IF5wCTnZpiZHdlLMRDt2xrQ9J93-uOjgRNq1zzteheYWkEPE0qK69SU7Hbz3HSLGHhBrcQcAS642ThPoO-_pNqdsDxn5rui8jhuAsAy_ux8Z-5fozCXJX7Zu-7PSilaeIEE/s900/Tapestry-design-book3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6B0zBEy25IF5wCTnZpiZHdlLMRDt2xrQ9J93-uOjgRNq1zzteheYWkEPE0qK69SU7Hbz3HSLGHhBrcQcAS642ThPoO-_pNqdsDxn5rui8jhuAsAy_ux8Z-5fozCXJX7Zu-7PSilaeIEE/s320/Tapestry-design-book3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXT6BLhv-YChwtE6gtahrfD9gQy8Lg0QS5lfdrA3sK_NaBoUbi1uWB6cLyxie8h1AHGqYlrvJfCExLFey8gzRK_8IdcRSCR5hmYzxaiZaMiyg7-6RwT8xNgU-SCaxxqC7AT0b3oTklkw/s900/Tapestry-design-book2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXT6BLhv-YChwtE6gtahrfD9gQy8Lg0QS5lfdrA3sK_NaBoUbi1uWB6cLyxie8h1AHGqYlrvJfCExLFey8gzRK_8IdcRSCR5hmYzxaiZaMiyg7-6RwT8xNgU-SCaxxqC7AT0b3oTklkw/s320/Tapestry-design-book2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>In my own work designing for a new tapestry always holds a challenge of some kind. I've learned that trying different approaches is the best thing I can do to move vague ideas into more concrete thoughts. From those I can begin to find the images I might be able to weave. After that, the designing skills I've learned over the years take over as I work and rework images to get them to the point of weaving.</p><p>I know not everyone needs to work this way but one of my goals for the book is to encourage one to try something, then something else, and even more. Don't be afraid you won't find the best design for a particular tapestry. It's there. It's waiting for you, even if you have to go down many paths before finding it.</p><p>Maybe my book will be a guide along the way. I hope it will join the other tapestry books available, whether older or new ones. I particularly hope that it will become a great companion to <a href="https://rebeccamezoff.com/">Rebecca Mezoff</a>'s book published in 2020, <a href="https://rebeccamezoff.com/the-art-of-tapestry-weaving">The Art of Tapestry Weaving</a>. Rebecca wrote the foreword to my book and I continue to encourage people who want to learn about tapestry to seek out her online classes as well as her book. I was thrilled yesterday to put my book on the shelf alongside Rebecca's for a photo op! Thanks again, Rebecca, for the kind words you contributed for my book.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTU-8RsBNayD0x23s4KlGhTStYtI8Tvq4qdt1Gn4K5ULIJTJ2KYw-oiL57hdhdEO5mK7Y3ttpKEpeJePZgYFQ2NoLqQsEws41vzj_SfRaRWtPSKF7mB0cLiMIzI03afd3-1egenWwT2M/s900/Tapestry-design-book-shelf.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="695" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpTU-8RsBNayD0x23s4KlGhTStYtI8Tvq4qdt1Gn4K5ULIJTJ2KYw-oiL57hdhdEO5mK7Y3ttpKEpeJePZgYFQ2NoLqQsEws41vzj_SfRaRWtPSKF7mB0cLiMIzI03afd3-1egenWwT2M/s320/Tapestry-design-book-shelf.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-55805890632813473732021-04-07T11:16:00.002-04:002021-04-07T11:16:54.524-04:00The Next Normal<p> </p><p>Not the new normal but the next normal. That's what I've started thinking will come. At least, for me that's going to be the way I look at life after risks are as low as they're bound to be for some years to come. The effects of this pandemic and whatever may come afterwards will be going on past my few more decades of living, I'm sure. I hope that the next generations will determine safe and sane ways to live in the world that has become increasingly strange and scary. This generation surely doesn't seem to have found those yet.</p><p>But--moving on to welcoming springtime once again here in my place in the Northern Hemisphere. I've been filling up my photos with images of the wonderful newness of the world around me. Here are a few of the hundreds I've made so far:</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nCf1fqFm_DOoMH3nR2cN_rjxU5aWmgxh3kDwocdki5pdjq9v7R5W1WAnXY_SZn-ZnX4yS8LHqeK5ubO55PzLgizh3Fbc5p_nPD0lt8Z6Szfw4i-8KMYYgFWlw9pdwFy64NMRXq0TCDc/s450/spring-bloodroot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nCf1fqFm_DOoMH3nR2cN_rjxU5aWmgxh3kDwocdki5pdjq9v7R5W1WAnXY_SZn-ZnX4yS8LHqeK5ubO55PzLgizh3Fbc5p_nPD0lt8Z6Szfw4i-8KMYYgFWlw9pdwFy64NMRXq0TCDc/s320/spring-bloodroot.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bloodroot with Toad Shade Trillium behind<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtSDNdKVUOABOAJSrbZgClxcuzFslmzNOkpjt9OdEjeQWg2uY-GhxGS4mxsIIMrMhiZkxYN-4yryfqYAotChGvMNIdNHjxYEkujpQhegkIfYbkOeyUXeWJpFR_72ascmC5W3_bKj9ato/s450/spring-cherry-blossoms.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtSDNdKVUOABOAJSrbZgClxcuzFslmzNOkpjt9OdEjeQWg2uY-GhxGS4mxsIIMrMhiZkxYN-4yryfqYAotChGvMNIdNHjxYEkujpQhegkIfYbkOeyUXeWJpFR_72ascmC5W3_bKj9ato/s320/spring-cherry-blossoms.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cherry blossoms<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdRnFZlq2tdqNKtzHMlBe_GgCaf4Oob2vptFQlHtdyFTa5QjqH4jRCNiaqXGf4_d2-XMtg0kixOuGVWHRZ9WeO12dN_z52WNJW-F6d-V-2SLILec0ztM2NtZUQLsC-39vMBjJ-gDVMAU/s450/spring-creek-bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitdRnFZlq2tdqNKtzHMlBe_GgCaf4Oob2vptFQlHtdyFTa5QjqH4jRCNiaqXGf4_d2-XMtg0kixOuGVWHRZ9WeO12dN_z52WNJW-F6d-V-2SLILec0ztM2NtZUQLsC-39vMBjJ-gDVMAU/s320/spring-creek-bed.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View into the creek--lots of silt covering the stones from the flooding a couple of weeks ago.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYdhcO27OCMeTpaK2bceEc3g4WJT_Ofzc9wFiGUTK3pP1iRgDlQJuAIH_LtRQHexLyIJQDgK2c0pqixeoIuUtzuo1p9kAym9fo7lDqdFD4Ubr3KiZZf8Nwgh3bFa6RWskNE2XEanqrp4/s450/spring-creek-view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPYdhcO27OCMeTpaK2bceEc3g4WJT_Ofzc9wFiGUTK3pP1iRgDlQJuAIH_LtRQHexLyIJQDgK2c0pqixeoIuUtzuo1p9kAym9fo7lDqdFD4Ubr3KiZZf8Nwgh3bFa6RWskNE2XEanqrp4/s320/spring-creek-view.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creek view. The water is running clear now but lots of silt and debris were washed downstream.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbalJaete5UR0mUwmt1W0vLh_gYorC1IQqdCBGfIi4KQ_3WOniEVPOBQHgRUCIPeWroZX1lAJWS58ELqlLSaUmOtIIg7PgHFEt0D9NS_a_Dli5oW3gcs-p3RI9z4p4deBnHxW0mgmL4j4/s450/spring-dogwood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbalJaete5UR0mUwmt1W0vLh_gYorC1IQqdCBGfIi4KQ_3WOniEVPOBQHgRUCIPeWroZX1lAJWS58ELqlLSaUmOtIIg7PgHFEt0D9NS_a_Dli5oW3gcs-p3RI9z4p4deBnHxW0mgmL4j4/s320/spring-dogwood.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dogwoods are almost totally full all up and down our street.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9cyHSMcAfw1XA5U9musghvgqn_VZY9b2o3O8CEf6pvqRj_NTJettAXt60S0A5dWoPuaYCLnd6uqYPwYiIwDC6glg7LVzUxe4qJZFKwoki930oUkC6nUoiEmfOk_Y4js1WzVu4OOqtMg/s450/spring-fiddleheads-unfurl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9cyHSMcAfw1XA5U9musghvgqn_VZY9b2o3O8CEf6pvqRj_NTJettAXt60S0A5dWoPuaYCLnd6uqYPwYiIwDC6glg7LVzUxe4qJZFKwoki930oUkC6nUoiEmfOk_Y4js1WzVu4OOqtMg/s320/spring-fiddleheads-unfurl.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fiddleheads unfurling into the fern fronds.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDpbNXR3fBR5EONNftOe3Nu-tqVZE6MrpMD13U14f0BkuYXe4h4-j1hgEhfa1K0CHNg5aHjcwnLtRuqNLqbrd1cZR-6SPM_0D-5c6-PXytbs85s9-ztGGKLxxnxdFpfZoYc7Vh2STWxg/s450/spring-fiddleheads.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibDpbNXR3fBR5EONNftOe3Nu-tqVZE6MrpMD13U14f0BkuYXe4h4-j1hgEhfa1K0CHNg5aHjcwnLtRuqNLqbrd1cZR-6SPM_0D-5c6-PXytbs85s9-ztGGKLxxnxdFpfZoYc7Vh2STWxg/s320/spring-fiddleheads.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Other fiddleheads just beginning to un-spiral themselves.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMLsI5izgVPsB6KDKSEgvja6Ty7hE2XQewtZ6Ub2MXiR90XNEieszzSv3ckaEFGm2lZ_Ecf5bgCPoT7_UKW-nVGX4a7lTAg4mz5SehtuxHg1njazSuG4zNu7uGoDegSxiAzfJPZQZOWo/s450/spring-jack-pulpit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwMLsI5izgVPsB6KDKSEgvja6Ty7hE2XQewtZ6Ub2MXiR90XNEieszzSv3ckaEFGm2lZ_Ecf5bgCPoT7_UKW-nVGX4a7lTAg4mz5SehtuxHg1njazSuG4zNu7uGoDegSxiAzfJPZQZOWo/s320/spring-jack-pulpit.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack in the Pulpit--before jack comes out!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusbooK-YUWyYpnmDT9oH99H1Y1bmml-XwcqZQ31wh1kY7LX6i1j3mZLxVbwntm6iXm67jg2bt7SdiRTWmooIf2XZq94X_uXDEMYHsX5FvTAp1nDGgcI0jdyi6cLPX4VQ1K1m7YU6YwE0/s450/spring-mayapples.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusbooK-YUWyYpnmDT9oH99H1Y1bmml-XwcqZQ31wh1kY7LX6i1j3mZLxVbwntm6iXm67jg2bt7SdiRTWmooIf2XZq94X_uXDEMYHsX5FvTAp1nDGgcI0jdyi6cLPX4VQ1K1m7YU6YwE0/s320/spring-mayapples.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mayapples are in full leaf.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue9bkUz-KcC5bUi-PCJxS8osmqrXwOeTVRJ3uT0pQ4OaDeEPa3JgfppJ2J3D9ISo-_qJzR9jNxAIcdTeXwtY6LDEe0qrNAvAV2eRJN_bW029KjB2-3HmXjg14Ui5aJyAN0138F3qtNIs/s450/spring-pine-cones.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhue9bkUz-KcC5bUi-PCJxS8osmqrXwOeTVRJ3uT0pQ4OaDeEPa3JgfppJ2J3D9ISo-_qJzR9jNxAIcdTeXwtY6LDEe0qrNAvAV2eRJN_bW029KjB2-3HmXjg14Ui5aJyAN0138F3qtNIs/s320/spring-pine-cones.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'm not sure what pine this is but the teeny cones to come were so fascinating. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMT-TAjWOZ-YBdAHTcQodEPb5Msmld1Wy_5Gnuhv9HId7nG7qCoUYeC_8NU3ilJrinQvQjroptRCzXI-nZV-JmgYUHXiwmq-Djb6rgFdyGRnAWWRdrWhQi_a40EQy-ZDbLGlLJBFPAv54/s900/spring-red-mapleleaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMT-TAjWOZ-YBdAHTcQodEPb5Msmld1Wy_5Gnuhv9HId7nG7qCoUYeC_8NU3ilJrinQvQjroptRCzXI-nZV-JmgYUHXiwmq-Djb6rgFdyGRnAWWRdrWhQi_a40EQy-ZDbLGlLJBFPAv54/s320/spring-red-mapleleaves.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Red maple leaves are so dramatic at any time of the year. A bit of sunlight coming through the leaves make them even more stunning.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-vNTCNeA2BK7eridccTPWq1sFzu2VeWnjkn8oBZWpyCGxv0ngQd0P8HQTg_8rBs6oUwsg6Hq8D-fwKuWymMhzp2qqHiBw9hBS3AvfiBbKZa86YNob4iw9Q-uK8Ve2u773YUVChTNeuY/s450/spring-star-of-bethelem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5-vNTCNeA2BK7eridccTPWq1sFzu2VeWnjkn8oBZWpyCGxv0ngQd0P8HQTg_8rBs6oUwsg6Hq8D-fwKuWymMhzp2qqHiBw9hBS3AvfiBbKZa86YNob4iw9Q-uK8Ve2u773YUVChTNeuY/s320/spring-star-of-bethelem.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tiny Star of Bethlehem seems more like a larger lily.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYUhXzQZ7ioQ8AH4waasAimNPtyAZTDGQb7f-wIiywwDdX_pBMQ_cZ1qvqX-4emBHx6ayQvwBJJ66Zfee78ax8gnVnvTGlI5Jbsryy4LW0unPnBOQ0vcMxFPq8z61UhOq3hduDTEzq1s/s450/spring-toadshade-bloodroot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZYUhXzQZ7ioQ8AH4waasAimNPtyAZTDGQb7f-wIiywwDdX_pBMQ_cZ1qvqX-4emBHx6ayQvwBJJ66Zfee78ax8gnVnvTGlI5Jbsryy4LW0unPnBOQ0vcMxFPq8z61UhOq3hduDTEzq1s/s320/spring-toadshade-bloodroot.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toad shade trillium--the bloodroot blossoming has now ended but the leaves will grow larger throughout the summer.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptyejZu8ZQ94EFlLAYCyA96JJcG-qKlxxxze-amqjoOmt_ZGGheQKIcl7mcxIuYA28A5oR3mbrJurGs6YqyXTGgPqWHsPDJda5ac5FzTtpemWvKdUbkoRJsOvAw0rpQVOo5M3g9KPCvY/s450/spring-violet-painting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptyejZu8ZQ94EFlLAYCyA96JJcG-qKlxxxze-amqjoOmt_ZGGheQKIcl7mcxIuYA28A5oR3mbrJurGs6YqyXTGgPqWHsPDJda5ac5FzTtpemWvKdUbkoRJsOvAw0rpQVOo5M3g9KPCvY/s320/spring-violet-painting.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small sketch from a woods violet photo.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtbv6TQzhyMemZamm6LgJaC0JrSSXx6oXBjI3zR_sYBz_ut-78P9HTOixONepjsln82QeXgowgbasRTJZVzK2Lew5rjfzeiJqp4cW1fqwLSY6rRW9jUSu5-BMhYVyfYc-JW0np5qVx4c/s450/spring-blackberry-leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtbv6TQzhyMemZamm6LgJaC0JrSSXx6oXBjI3zR_sYBz_ut-78P9HTOixONepjsln82QeXgowgbasRTJZVzK2Lew5rjfzeiJqp4cW1fqwLSY6rRW9jUSu5-BMhYVyfYc-JW0np5qVx4c/s320/spring-blackberry-leaves.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And blackberries bushes sport their young spring leaves.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p>I've been working on a design for the next large tapestry for about a month and a half now. I'm still not quite there with it but here are some stages. I'm hoping to finalize the design for the cartoon today and have it enlarged. The warp has been waiting on the loom for months. And I'm so ready to weave! This one will keep me occupied for the rest of the year, I think. Once I begin!</p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnkNWIWIcBi7jZJB4GyW9SL_gego1dYiaX_-viLWrE5Ga9TygDLnGy15tsjiXrBTUA378_GKDsdA_mlJ48VCinCV5DLbMDykm8pSDIM28T42AabcxY8mhzRMpAnKP02xvDbsaIdkMt3Y/s450/spring-kudzu-step3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYnkNWIWIcBi7jZJB4GyW9SL_gego1dYiaX_-viLWrE5Ga9TygDLnGy15tsjiXrBTUA378_GKDsdA_mlJ48VCinCV5DLbMDykm8pSDIM28T42AabcxY8mhzRMpAnKP02xvDbsaIdkMt3Y/s320/spring-kudzu-step3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I made changes to this...that's what's next.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYw0SXAf7lp1WeJJb5895mrTCSjTAuHfU8LWGRKIAWLnqdq-7LqUIc4ES5MECteLTZ9CWpMy8ILyZebv3T4_vCExkoKFBW454eheKaUklvC-ptS0wpDoc0jBwuxrFyqZ_Lh9TTFAjhMTE/s450/spring-kudzu-design-process-overall.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYw0SXAf7lp1WeJJb5895mrTCSjTAuHfU8LWGRKIAWLnqdq-7LqUIc4ES5MECteLTZ9CWpMy8ILyZebv3T4_vCExkoKFBW454eheKaUklvC-ptS0wpDoc0jBwuxrFyqZ_Lh9TTFAjhMTE/s320/spring-kudzu-design-process-overall.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the sketches and photos I'm working from. The leaves are white because I painted over as I began to make corrections</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgulWxj8AHNy4_fiU6qTLhz2w4BdLUKDivWLgTyXinwHsLs3WUqsbgdajDkJc5LlS4q3f86CVYNGVrMQJhk8eFVSzAKeqkAh46CaMZquw7pbynP9SNDdmESSn3boPQuHubdo60Ywx3rg/s450/spring-kudzu-design-process.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgulWxj8AHNy4_fiU6qTLhz2w4BdLUKDivWLgTyXinwHsLs3WUqsbgdajDkJc5LlS4q3f86CVYNGVrMQJhk8eFVSzAKeqkAh46CaMZquw7pbynP9SNDdmESSn3boPQuHubdo60Ywx3rg/s320/spring-kudzu-design-process.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracing paper over a portion of the design to try a cropped version.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Most of the time developing a cartoon for a tapestry takes awhile. This one is taking more time than usual, though! And I am itching to get to the weaving stage. Soon! Soon! Soon!</p><p>As the next normal looms. So does this tapestry.<br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-80231118754430989792021-03-14T13:02:00.001-04:002021-03-14T14:22:40.924-04:00Spring has sprung (sort of!)<p> </p><p>Or at least it's beginning here in the northern part of Georgia, U.S.A. The first jonquils began to open their bright faces in February and are in full bloom all around town now. They'll soon be giving way to other blooms as everything else begins to return to life. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6naXmQc9xynmZeXC8BH9rH8-J2f2yygc-3UpozcNiH2xYeRhD491cKS-AWaWWBU8DvuMdF5YYvQlbZZOKdxOWrYhf3mou__k133JpkwISR57AsQ9p-PYlFwTtC2Ql8HmFUUHy4OF10Y/s600/Spring-jonquil.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6naXmQc9xynmZeXC8BH9rH8-J2f2yygc-3UpozcNiH2xYeRhD491cKS-AWaWWBU8DvuMdF5YYvQlbZZOKdxOWrYhf3mou__k133JpkwISR57AsQ9p-PYlFwTtC2Ql8HmFUUHy4OF10Y/s320/Spring-jonquil.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">Of course, the life that's coursing in those plants is there year-round. It's just my limited human perception that only sees and experiences the life of the natural world when the greening begins to happen.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmqBfQSmzaGFpOrx_c9O1Um_JxlETV029D5rcuWX1Elt7YYdcQgc2hlTEIE-P5cVeLUV7hE-kozcXVexL91Z_pPOqM43VsMf4AeqdHLYKlhiP_SYP6kiPYX6_2fLZ0QbDZa3gDhbXnRc/s4032/Spring-hydrangea-leaves.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLmqBfQSmzaGFpOrx_c9O1Um_JxlETV029D5rcuWX1Elt7YYdcQgc2hlTEIE-P5cVeLUV7hE-kozcXVexL91Z_pPOqM43VsMf4AeqdHLYKlhiP_SYP6kiPYX6_2fLZ0QbDZa3gDhbXnRc/s320/Spring-hydrangea-leaves.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Here are a few more photos from the last couple of weeks that I've taken on morning walks around town:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKxTdpgdL6I7P4ayh5hUkLsiRlTjFtLpTBcwH7KxnssbcHoM1OnV_AQm_2O1HIA-Z9rdmpWI4IFfftgIdL8jez6ktMA2Ck5hLQWwXLA49i3GGi7Th_xgRr5ThyphenhyphenQcfL83jKeTmaHf0x5A/s4032/Spring-tiny-blossoms.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoKxTdpgdL6I7P4ayh5hUkLsiRlTjFtLpTBcwH7KxnssbcHoM1OnV_AQm_2O1HIA-Z9rdmpWI4IFfftgIdL8jez6ktMA2Ck5hLQWwXLA49i3GGi7Th_xgRr5ThyphenhyphenQcfL83jKeTmaHf0x5A/s320/Spring-tiny-blossoms.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-E8EZQojyPFJzaPWdfuzF9krmRfJR45hjhZqW2l78XIVomx7tFiugA46Q2sbZUtduFtjWH_TKI70ku5kkZDJB8775JVDeDPpr3AqaR1apg1H7YMY7nptxLm0q7TOrEO-3Q2KjOwFwHQ/s900/Spring-thrift.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-E8EZQojyPFJzaPWdfuzF9krmRfJR45hjhZqW2l78XIVomx7tFiugA46Q2sbZUtduFtjWH_TKI70ku5kkZDJB8775JVDeDPpr3AqaR1apg1H7YMY7nptxLm0q7TOrEO-3Q2KjOwFwHQ/s320/Spring-thrift.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC-ykEnYmpnlvqzFsBaKslP7bAPNqdWuhrMpQUlIEjS1JjUKbLLeZIJ6DLLV9ctU25xTFMtGANHcPPdf3D9tPMrQOQ-Jxle1oP9GCBU8YunNMfrtestTRGwDyKbxLruqvi4nvzm6rvhQ/s900/Spring-crocus.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeC-ykEnYmpnlvqzFsBaKslP7bAPNqdWuhrMpQUlIEjS1JjUKbLLeZIJ6DLLV9ctU25xTFMtGANHcPPdf3D9tPMrQOQ-Jxle1oP9GCBU8YunNMfrtestTRGwDyKbxLruqvi4nvzm6rvhQ/s320/Spring-crocus.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0x0fsBqCxjiwoHhtH2flaJaRc59eZvGCE-wW3lqWRpS7OERPDZeH-hpCSo8oq6-GVxGQY3YgOZEPOjJb_P5wx58sgjaHOT1eYpy4RG7u2kthKd67otcLPZvLMORy9guvZe2EeDkL1_4M/s900/Spring-cherry-blossom.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0x0fsBqCxjiwoHhtH2flaJaRc59eZvGCE-wW3lqWRpS7OERPDZeH-hpCSo8oq6-GVxGQY3YgOZEPOjJb_P5wx58sgjaHOT1eYpy4RG7u2kthKd67otcLPZvLMORy9guvZe2EeDkL1_4M/s320/Spring-cherry-blossom.jpg" /></a></div><p>This year has given me new adventures of learning and teaching. I mentioned the two online writing classes I took in February in a recent post. Last week I taught online for the first (and maybe only) time. My class was for also for <a href="https://www.lessonface.com/folkschool">John C. Campbell Folk School and managed through Lessonface</a>. There were 20 participants and we were able to accomplish quite a lot in the week's time at our own homes from across the country--folks joined in from Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. </p><p>For my part, there was such a steep learning curve with the technology for presenting information in a live online way that I named it Everest. </p><p>The class was called <a href="https://www.lessonface.com/apply/Lets-Look-Design-Fiber-Art"><i>Let's Look at Design for Fiber Arts!</i></a> I planned it as a basic overview of design fundamentals that could apply to any sort of fiber or fabric medium one might choose. Of course, there's lots of information about design elements and principles that could be part of even a basic course. And a week's time isn't very much to explore in depth but I tried to touch on ideas that might be most helpful. I also shared resources where one can find more information to continue exploring. Of course, nothing replaces the hands-on work each one does to become more and more comfortable with designing tools--both actual materials & tools and concepts. I was so excited to see some of the results throughout the week from everyone. </p><p>Here are a few photos of my studio (aka known as the Scanlin online video production studio for March 8-12). The Lessonface team was so helpful and patient with me as I tried to figure out the best way to do the course without having to purchase much more equipment. I was able to use two different camera apps, one for my iPhone and another for my iPad, and also my laptop camera. Those three different views worked out mostly OK. I also had help from a few of the class participants ahead of time to check out whether things were working as I hoped they might. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvB83uMKaT3CMTKlUqr3ZldcxVzUp3rhIIli6fbp0qQdhlMo5pFNVLsy76ah9wT4epbwYxsedZ57eo9K4quvmkWORZTgCpMka4QioUTcxrzXm-ZQHjT6ya7E2jw6yIFJf1eaiV82nM24/s900/design-class-first-day-workspace.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXvB83uMKaT3CMTKlUqr3ZldcxVzUp3rhIIli6fbp0qQdhlMo5pFNVLsy76ah9wT4epbwYxsedZ57eo9K4quvmkWORZTgCpMka4QioUTcxrzXm-ZQHjT6ya7E2jw6yIFJf1eaiV82nM24/s320/design-class-first-day-workspace.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p> This was the calm before the storm. It was on the first day as I was getting ready to begin.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAqgDUEKjGtcHuzG0p-7l0qjqVBKp49BZKJjxMBrAPFA0kzGiWU67ERZAtgoD5Bvwr2Rwdp1DtZMsZVC482_AK-ifS3vrcMznWVPGY0FvTj54_9RCbvgqzxSLeU_L_PQDvOfLVob0_Gc/s900/design-class-first-day2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQAqgDUEKjGtcHuzG0p-7l0qjqVBKp49BZKJjxMBrAPFA0kzGiWU67ERZAtgoD5Bvwr2Rwdp1DtZMsZVC482_AK-ifS3vrcMznWVPGY0FvTj54_9RCbvgqzxSLeU_L_PQDvOfLVob0_Gc/s320/design-class-first-day2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>Another view... as things are beginning to get a bit piled up around me.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyD8zfF1ShYMw2apXNZCDGa9Aw1vIqggHo6b3lsAko8Ultvh2EoJKwOnEHmmvwoekubCfJh_ooeaJey_8IfQPS4ECdJFUanIS3lz6FWC1ypBkgsnXt6jcJejvK99gej-_IyduKG8v37U/s900/design-class-workspace1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyD8zfF1ShYMw2apXNZCDGa9Aw1vIqggHo6b3lsAko8Ultvh2EoJKwOnEHmmvwoekubCfJh_ooeaJey_8IfQPS4ECdJFUanIS3lz6FWC1ypBkgsnXt6jcJejvK99gej-_IyduKG8v37U/s320/design-class-workspace1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAyLJkkR7Cmm3tX6lWvNXA-BG8f_Ndlk5J_ZJckp93y2d2o0PFO06GhDZj-ZsakruYyQe5DOumT5FVk622PSwRlq84OvygdZQ7CBI2MmKk42ZcYvpTcbd-esGpOlBu5ZHFhgnxbCl0_8/s900/design-class-workspace2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqAyLJkkR7Cmm3tX6lWvNXA-BG8f_Ndlk5J_ZJckp93y2d2o0PFO06GhDZj-ZsakruYyQe5DOumT5FVk622PSwRlq84OvygdZQ7CBI2MmKk42ZcYvpTcbd-esGpOlBu5ZHFhgnxbCl0_8/s320/design-class-workspace2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJag7Vj3aeMzgZ6whD2DSV5iUBg2q02m4NlEP846CTVtWZmlQIYhBZIlO5D2Dbwjeiww7mcUPwq8O3x4c2L0Uau2UBqbIAy800X1_L0eUukW6zO_czZma-HZzNGSf-hik8MSwM6c6yE-8/s900/design-class-workspace3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="506" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJag7Vj3aeMzgZ6whD2DSV5iUBg2q02m4NlEP846CTVtWZmlQIYhBZIlO5D2Dbwjeiww7mcUPwq8O3x4c2L0Uau2UBqbIAy800X1_L0eUukW6zO_czZma-HZzNGSf-hik8MSwM6c6yE-8/s320/design-class-workspace3.jpg" /></a></div><p>Each day I pulled out examples to use in the lesson coming up and then put those away after class ended. On the last day there were several topics to cover and by the end of the session I could barely get out from behind the work table! <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcTvERncQF218AC5n4Zwksg8iX6Nvuj3Gx39gnNcgKS_hRSb_EmKeVem4kWAm5RywORRDGfEMThkOFmtmLs4PSpJJOkZi6ZFR1TsRtKURr5sM8rLNxjs4ldyNuMK-bMW2-pP-FU7AcBM/s900/design-class-last-day.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcTvERncQF218AC5n4Zwksg8iX6Nvuj3Gx39gnNcgKS_hRSb_EmKeVem4kWAm5RywORRDGfEMThkOFmtmLs4PSpJJOkZi6ZFR1TsRtKURr5sM8rLNxjs4ldyNuMK-bMW2-pP-FU7AcBM/s320/design-class-last-day.jpg" /></a></div><p> I spent much of Saturday reclaiming my studio and I'll be heading there in an hour or so to get started on a new idea for tapestry. I haven't woven anything but my daily tapestry diary since cutting off the fern tapestry in mid-December so I'm ready to weave! Not quite sure what it will be yet but possibly something from this springtime group of photos. Something hopeful for the hopeful rest of the year to come.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWlLhJdsFW4QbfbYd3ucQM0uC60lynT8CKk3IV1KiOuyrwylzsHVbFEja5iuhfuXaYwkY6HEoaGNycN8i1X2iCDegUlt3i84ITqzk2ND-bycQmK12cNy_Ur_P1l8zWQ-8b7g4nSFdwm0/s900/design-class-studio-reclaim2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWlLhJdsFW4QbfbYd3ucQM0uC60lynT8CKk3IV1KiOuyrwylzsHVbFEja5iuhfuXaYwkY6HEoaGNycN8i1X2iCDegUlt3i84ITqzk2ND-bycQmK12cNy_Ur_P1l8zWQ-8b7g4nSFdwm0/s320/design-class-studio-reclaim2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-r6mNG1HebeZfKFiezoKt4iTBUdKtLvbZQWjrQeTjeK2hg-NvSbvwGk-ujyMQft3JYVIBY4i93CVXx3Ae4qUXLGvNHNcEwz36_TRi-unlVvGpg4E32wE8NhrJRmFOTJ7taOE9j8gci98/s900/design-class-studio-reclaimed1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="900" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-r6mNG1HebeZfKFiezoKt4iTBUdKtLvbZQWjrQeTjeK2hg-NvSbvwGk-ujyMQft3JYVIBY4i93CVXx3Ae4qUXLGvNHNcEwz36_TRi-unlVvGpg4E32wE8NhrJRmFOTJ7taOE9j8gci98/s320/design-class-studio-reclaimed1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And just one more thing before I go--my new book about design for tapestry should be released in late May. It's been showing on various sites for about a month or so now and I'm excited to soon see a real version. It's called <i>Tapestry Design Basics and Beyond: Planning and Weaving with Confidence</i>, published by Schiffer Publishing. Here's the cover:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFgm5N7wYbbekdXK8d-1WnL_mpJ-zsHeOiifBmMXOlKXteFrLj-bwYSfyS7EZYqlJlmeiL6oeXBuq7UybOzpQNqorQ3gTAeFYSE6T4rL3M3LjW3SQHkiPEPKYM_Ab3hM0QJZZbvk-iUU/s1200/Tapestry+Design+Basics-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="933" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIFgm5N7wYbbekdXK8d-1WnL_mpJ-zsHeOiifBmMXOlKXteFrLj-bwYSfyS7EZYqlJlmeiL6oeXBuq7UybOzpQNqorQ3gTAeFYSE6T4rL3M3LjW3SQHkiPEPKYM_Ab3hM0QJZZbvk-iUU/s320/Tapestry+Design+Basics-cover.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-716048807398679258.post-6858330585465707042021-02-19T19:13:00.003-05:002021-02-19T19:13:45.544-05:00Days pass, one by one<p> </p><p>Here we are, February 19, 2021. Day 341 at our house in our new life. Some of you have had longer or shorter days in your own experiences of our changed world. It was mid-March when the end of the world as we knew it began for us.<br /></p><p>I continue to mark my passing days with my tapestry diary process in which I weave a small amount each day. I'm also making a larger image within the overall tapestry dedicated to each month. The theme for those monthly parts this year is leaves that I'm finding around the beginning of each month. I'm making a small watercolor pencil drawing of those and using that as the basis for the cartoon. I've just finished the one for February today, a few days early. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnP3MLUNVWcVp3DFcPaHQK5KlQ33upMez4WvBzn4An_JcQkbmrD9Lix7iCT9bKCd1wTGXMoYF5dXBBsEdHuwPiFTqr7VtLZDqsdUQ8dG1xK-WDDJ45SqwxJpG_fzOqMwkZE2fvS-Xx8I/s900/February-complete.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="777" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvnP3MLUNVWcVp3DFcPaHQK5KlQ33upMez4WvBzn4An_JcQkbmrD9Lix7iCT9bKCd1wTGXMoYF5dXBBsEdHuwPiFTqr7VtLZDqsdUQ8dG1xK-WDDJ45SqwxJpG_fzOqMwkZE2fvS-Xx8I/s320/February-complete.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>The yarn I'm using as weft is the natural dyed wool singles from Harrisville remaining from what I'd dyed for students in the Traditional Craft Mentorship Program at the Folk School last fall. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPksDHmLiEuSvou5Gf_ZtX8aWUiXDLHkPHv5U5uMIP42j6JjmmhFHVk_R-O4ndLxyIIuxtWtcYjWi05bvTSzN06NLTytvpvNWnJp352Ns57MU0uZ6mJHJE_Ip6vP_7uvf0Ex6pQ-bLYu4/s900/Yarns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPksDHmLiEuSvou5Gf_ZtX8aWUiXDLHkPHv5U5uMIP42j6JjmmhFHVk_R-O4ndLxyIIuxtWtcYjWi05bvTSzN06NLTytvpvNWnJp352Ns57MU0uZ6mJHJE_Ip6vP_7uvf0Ex6pQ-bLYu4/s320/Yarns.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>I'm continuing the method I started a few years ago for selecting my daily color by a toss of a die. I have six groups of variations of primary and secondary colors, plus a few neutrals. Each day I throw the die and whatever lands is what I weave: 1=red, 2=yellow, 3=blue, 4=green, 5=orange, 6=violet.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMG9J-M_LGCVea-5W-sqI_GdIsZhs02j8ZMT8R-f_KPa064TtIUkGBvS1KKqKKH1TRJrNjlnKCQU42wDtHUSD2SWGhVAqsw_tCy-9K-wbCgIy0rqTKU8A3YcVTxvZWNxHoivwZ0s91os/s900/die-rolls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMG9J-M_LGCVea-5W-sqI_GdIsZhs02j8ZMT8R-f_KPa064TtIUkGBvS1KKqKKH1TRJrNjlnKCQU42wDtHUSD2SWGhVAqsw_tCy-9K-wbCgIy0rqTKU8A3YcVTxvZWNxHoivwZ0s91os/s320/die-rolls.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>The size of the daily part depends on how much time I have to weave when I sit down at the loom or whether I need to level up from what was woven the day before. It's quite interesting to see how the colors develop throughout the year as the tosses of the die make the choices.</p><p>I've also started weaving again on a small tapestry on the other loom at my home studio. I'd set the warp up last year thinking I'd be able to finish the piece quickly. Well, that didn't turn out to be the case! I decided this afternoon to begin with it again. The design is based on a watercolor painting I made a few years ago when the tapestry diary theme was the black walnut tree in our front yard. The yarns I'm using for it are also natural dyes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwlRP6Bis7ehDHacVDOqyzxMLLOCw_Z163FcFgLo01PU_HsrpLfmn7xdy1uXg3Bfkr8zTsRcx7FsAsO2-iKESRjGhwGTAsBz0EloV2TKl15BEBfBAsjxrn7NQ9rwMPesxJBuSaeSS4pE/s900/black-walnut-ashford-loom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="558" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKwlRP6Bis7ehDHacVDOqyzxMLLOCw_Z163FcFgLo01PU_HsrpLfmn7xdy1uXg3Bfkr8zTsRcx7FsAsO2-iKESRjGhwGTAsBz0EloV2TKl15BEBfBAsjxrn7NQ9rwMPesxJBuSaeSS4pE/s320/black-walnut-ashford-loom.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Maybe now that I've written about this piece I'll be able to keep up the momentum and actually finish it before another year passes!</p><p>This weekend I'll be taking another online class offered through John C. Campbell Folk School. It's a haiku class and I'm hoping I'll feel fine for it--I had the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccination today. So far all I feel is a sore arm! We were quite shocked when we went to our local health department for our scheduled time--we were two of only THREE people there! We were told that there were only ten people scheduled for Fridays, with about one hundred on other weekdays. I have friends in other states who've been vaccinated on motor speedways, for gosh sakes! And my sister is one of around 700 scheduled for shots at a local mega-church in an adjacent county next week. This is all crazy. Here's the way the room looked as we waited for the other person to have his turn first. Today the CDC COVID data tracker says that 59.6M vaccines have been administered in the U.S. To date in the U.S., 27,737,875 cases and 491,455 deaths.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHfQeHcprNSY12qkvdNWFyR90any7gZa7EB_-Nb146XlB-CwAdBN2rDdWg9dO67Qjmxcf8Lj7WPoe_DLnza8MGlV4xUrmxYgUdtAEEThrm3s69u0cYK8nRYQD7R84D9iV1G92yU1EiYE/s900/health-dept-2-19-2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxHfQeHcprNSY12qkvdNWFyR90any7gZa7EB_-Nb146XlB-CwAdBN2rDdWg9dO67Qjmxcf8Lj7WPoe_DLnza8MGlV4xUrmxYgUdtAEEThrm3s69u0cYK8nRYQD7R84D9iV1G92yU1EiYE/s320/health-dept-2-19-2021.jpg" /></a></div> <p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Tommye McClure Scanlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09816922767294739515noreply@blogger.com0