Weaving stones again

Slowly, slowly the stones are growing.

I'm almost to the point where the dark lines can slash both to the left and to the right.  If you'll look at the painting that's the basis of my cartoon in the left side margin you can see the bold paths the dark areas between the stones take throughout the piece.  I almost think the design is about those in-betweens as much as the stones themselves.  It surely does take longer to weave these slashes of dark than it does to paint them!

Folk School Adventure for this year is complete...

... and this wonderful group of students and the terrific teaching assistant, Sidsel Moreb, made it an exceptional experience!  More photos from the class will be posted soon.  This was at the closing ceremony yesterday afternoon.  The display behind us holds the work of the week.  Many admiring comments were made by viewers about the beautiful results from all the long hours of tapestry weaving.  Thanks, ladies, for being such a willing group!

Folk School--here I come!

I'm off to meet 10 eager tapestry folks later today at John Campbell Folk School.  Wifi is only available at Keith House there so I might not be posting about the class until I get home.  If I do have time to do so, I will.

In the meantime... here's a photo from a 2007 JCFS class taken one evening after students had left:

They were doing lots of work then, as you can see from the table full of looms, yarns, and notes.  And I'll have a couple of the same folks in this upcoming class.  It's always nice to see them again.

And, it's a beautiful day for a mountain drive!

Off it goes! ATB10-selected tapestry has been shipped

This afternoon I mailed off the tapestry that was selected for the American Tapestry Biennial 10.
The shipping box I packed it in is the one from Uline that I mentioned a few posts back.  It's quite sturdy and I hope it will live up to its reputation as a box suitable for art work shipping.

Here's the way the things came together:

There are three layers of foam in the box; the top and bottom layers have this egg-crate like configuration.

The middle layer is of foam that's cut to make a window within which the tapestry lays.

I covered the face of the tapestry with a sheet of muslin.  My name is on all part of the shipping materials, including this cloth.

The 1/2" foam core board lays on top of the fabric covered tapestry.  I have a diagram on the board to remind about how it's to be repacked when this show is over.

I wrapped the tapestry in a sheet of plastic and then placed back into the foam window.

The box has plastic lining on both lid and bottom.

And here it is, sealed up and ready to take to the post office.  I placed a sheet inside which had these photos as a reminder to those who'll be repacking and shipping the work to the next venue in Kent, Ohio.  From there it will travel to Omaha, Nebraska and then be returned to me next April.

I'm wishing this tapestry well on its travels--and the same good wishes go to the work of the other artists who have tapestries in ATB10.