This past Thursday, August 27, 2020, saw the Guild’s season kick-off meeting with 44 weaving souls meeting together on-line via Zoom. In spite of the distance between us all, it was inspiring and encouraging, both to see the faces of real people out there, and to enjoy the show-and-tell portion, learning how other members have been spending some of their time while sheltering-at-home creating beautiful woven pieces of almost every ilk.
With the collection of beautiful photographs in a power-point presentation, members were able to see both the weavings and the details on certain projects, and while we were not able to handle the items, this was a definite advantage, providing more time to view the project while the weaver described the process and materials.
The entire meeting can be viewed on the new Triangle Weavers Guild YouTube channel. But here to whet your appetite are several of the featured projects and weavers, and more will be featured in next month’s blog, coming soon!
Kristen Bergsten produced a variety of cotton twill towels, and a good-sized blanket featuring some of her hand-dyed yarns that have been in her stash for about 30 years.
Kelli Crispin competed “Dragon” after three years of planning and a year of stitching. Stitched shibori dyed with indigo on rayon challis.
Jill Soha’s first pandemic project was pillow covers created with an undulating twill.
Kelli Crispin also completed her Navaho-style tapestry that has been on the loom since 2017….
…and an altar cloth for her best friend’s wedding, on which she “totally screwed up the repeats, (and) totally screwed up the length.” Of course, her friend did not care (or probably notice!)
Helen Bower Jones’ “Homage to Paul Klee” triptych was created with painted linen warp and silk weft, and features freeform overshot in a plain weave base.
Next month–more of these wonderful “pandemic” projects. And if you’d like more detail on materials, sett, etc., do check out the complete program HERE.