Resolved—to post more often!

 

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.

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 link to that. 

I noted this upcoming exhibit of my work at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art at Piedmont University, Demorest, Georgia.  That will be up from August 31 through the end of September.

And in October I'll be teaching a couple of classes, one at Arrowmont School of Crafts and the other at John C. Campbell Folk School. 

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.

Here's the description of the Folk School class from the catalog:

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. 

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.