The warp width is 12" but I'm splitting the warp on this side into several smaller tapestries. I've gone through my feather drawings and settled on one that was a positive/negative study to start with:
But, I decided to cut the composition in half making an almost counter-change effect. Here's where I stopped with a few minutes ago. It's 3" wide and will be about 6" high and I should be able to finish it tomorrow. Feathers are flying!
Beautiful drawing! Is it in chalk?
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kathy... it's white conte on black paper. I like to draw on colored papers--sometimes will paint a quick wash of thinned acrylic over paper to get color down to draw on if I don't have colored papers available.
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like so much fun! :) (Perhaps that is because I'm struggling to finish a tapestry that has been on the loom way too long!) Still, I love the feathers.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rebecca!
ReplyDeleteI've got a couple of looms warped with wider pieces that have been sitting way too long, as well. I just am flummoxed (sp?) about design for those warps, though. The cartoon I'd started with on the widest warp (50") went south quickly (yes, since I'm a southerner I can say that and be politicially correct, I think!) and reinforced my understanding that I have to get my design thoughts clear before beginning. I don't have to have a detailed cartoon but I have to believe in what I'm going to do--what I'm going to spend several months on. And that just wasn't there with that cartoon. So... blank warp waiting!