Honour your sense of colour and style

 Jurgen Lidner, a 45" wide and very long multi-coloured blanket woven with MacAuslands wool.  

 

Linda Wallace, a tapestry weaver from British Columbia shared some of her thoughts about how she develops personal style.

"Developing a visual continuity [or personal style], where viewers are able recognize an artist’s [craftsperson's] work, is an ephemeral process.  Each of us who reach that stage arrives using different pathways, but common elements underlie them all.  The development of an individual style takes years of learning and practicing skills as well as constant self-critiquing.  I do not believe short cuts exist and the old “Carnegie Hall” truism cannot be denied.

Karen Bota, knitters loom scarf. Karen wasn't satisfied with her first attempt and tried another version.

Here are a few thoughts for those who are still searching for their individual voice.  Create, weave, pay attention to intuitive responses and follow where your ‘self’ leads you.  Weave, and while you work: pay attention to what areas work, what could be improved and struggle to figure out how.  With each tapestry (or woven fabric) completed, the experience and knowledge gained will improve the next one. Pay attention to what you respond to.......critique your own work and [other} work seen .....  Follow your heart.  We know all of these things, but we need to believe in them."

 

It wasn't enough for Louise Granahan to do only one sampler. She did two and a third was a variation of the sampler, intended as a scarf to give to a friend. Louise has been weaving very intensively and very rapidly. Much faster than 99% of most of us. She has also managed to whip off the following scarves (on Leclerc Dorothy looms) and below is a sampling of what she has already finished, using tencel. All this in one weaving class session of 9 weeks. A very prodigious and productive weaver. I think she should open her own store!

 

 

 

 

Ann Stoeckl, a tapestry weaver, recently went on a tour to Guatamala. She brought these textiles back from her trip and the one on the right appears to be handwoven, as well as the eye glass case.

The three Susans who volunteer with the Textile Museum of Canada: Susan Abrams, Susan Singh, and Susan Butler. They sort out the donations given for the huge garage sale in May, where we elbow each other to grab all kinds of great yarns, fabrics, equipment and other related items for a very affordable price. The Textile Museum of Canada always welcomes volunteers, donations and visits.