Here's a shot of the gallery with visitors:
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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
Isn't Edwina one of the Penland weavers? Didn't or doesn't she have a sister? Really pulling at my memory here, but she looks darn familiar from a book I think...
ReplyDeleteYes, Rebecca! Edwina Bringle is indeed totally associated with Penland! Her sister, Cynthia, is a potter and has her studio adjacent to the school property.
ReplyDeleteBoth Edwina and Cynthia have been important to Penland for many decades. Edwina was my first weaving teacher, in fact! I took a class with her at Penland in about 1975. I always think of her as my weaving guru, the one who taught me to try anything and see where it might take it. She's been (and continues to be) a wonderfully inspiring role model for anyone who takes her classes.