Wednesday, January 16, 2013
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Tommye McClure Scanlin ~ artist and teacher ~ tapestry and other things ~ Dahlonega, GA, USA
I am an artist who observes and responds to my surroundings for inspiration. My primary artistic medium is handwoven tapestry, an ancient method of working with fibers to create images. As I seek images and ideas to interpret into tapestry I experience my surroundings a closely as I can. Photographs, sketches, paintings, and writings all are part of the research I put into my work.
I have been living in the southern Appalachians most of my life and so my surroundings are filled with natural forms of woods, streams, and fields. My eyes are frequently drawn to the myriad details of the landscape and many of my tapestries are based on aspects of those details, simplified and enlarged in a weaving.
Please visit my American Tapestry Alliance page and my website to see more of my work--scanlintapestry.com
Love this palette, Tommye! This piece will be stunning.
ReplyDeleteI did a large tapestry with random soumack lines in the background years ago, because I was just tired of having so little texture show. I loved the effect, but it sure slowed the (already slow) weaving down! Which is why I guess I've not done it since then. Your piece may inspire me to try it again - on a smaller scale than I did then, though.
Yes, it does slow it down a bit! But there's so much of that blue that having the lines to put in give me some "entertainment" while weaving inch after inch of the same thing!
ReplyDeleteWhich of your pieces did you use the random soumak lines in? Is it at your website? I'd love to see it.
It is on the website, though I'm not sure you can see the soumak. It is Scrub Oak. I'm going to be taking some photos in the next day or so and I'm shoot a detail and email it to you then.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Thanks, Kathy; I'm looking forward to seeing the photos.
ReplyDeleteThis tapestry is looking so beautiful Tommye!
ReplyDeleteI bought a copy of World Tapestry Today in the library sale at Arrowmont last summer and Archie's quote made me laugh when I read it so it was fun to revisit it on your blog. I imagine that he is an inspiring teacher.