Fate Destiny and Self Determination international tapestry project is well underway. At the Toronto Weaving School, Susan Middleton and Agota Dolinay wound the warp on the gobelin loom Monday January 14.
Agota Dolinay and Mimma Draga completed the task on Wednesday January 16 using our low tech method of vinegar bottles half full to wind on the warp with consistent tensioning. We'll be tying on the warp to the bottom beam and soon all are welcome to weave on the tapestry.
Ixchel Suarez will be coming to the Toronto Weaving School to give anyone who wants to participate in a mini workshop in tapestry weaving, demonstrating various textural techniques on Monday January 28 between 10am and 1pm. Please bring your own frame loom and weaving yarn. Ixchel will have some frame looms available if you do not have one. We will only be doing small samples to try out the techniques. If you would like to do this workshop and are not registered in the class, the workshop is $20 plus materials and loom.
Agota Dolinay, Marlene Stubbins and Susan Middleton cut out shapes and it was a good thing since I've been mailing them at a feverish pace.
The tapestry weaving community as well as many other fibre artists and craftspeople have responded enthusiastically to participating in this international tapestry project. To remain updated you can visit the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Fate-Destiny-and-Self-Determination-An-international-tapestry-project/194385150700425 to keep abreast of who is participating. Friend me on FB too and then you can like the page and it will be easier to keep abreast participants and their contributions. Not including those already mentioned in this blog here is a list of who is participating and where they are from :
Ann
Berman, Ontario, Canada (will take 6 shapes to Guatemala and ask indigenous people to weave them)
Antje
Goldflam, Connecticut, USA
Anton
Veenstra, Australia
Barbara
Heller, BC, Canada
Christence
Stubbe-Teglbjoerg, Denmark
Chung-Ja
Jackson, Ontario, Canada
Ciara
Minden, Ontario, Canada
Debbie
Herd, Victoria, Australia
Debra
Dubois, Arkansas USA
Debra
Greer
Dorothy
Clews, Australia
Elaine
Duncan, BC, Canada (presently in Mexico)
Emmanuelle
Holmes, Queensland, USA
Emoke
tapisserie, Marseille, France
Hilary
Slater, Ontario, Canada
Ixchel
Suarez, Ontario, Canada
Janet
Austin, Rhode Island, USA
Jayne
Gaskins, Florida, USA
Jennifer
Stafford, Michigan USA
Joan
Griffin, Virginia, USA
Joe
Lewis, Ontario Canada
Judite
Vagners, Ontario, Canada
Judy
Dominic, Ohio, USA
Kathe
Todd Hooker, Oregon, USA
Kathleen
Morris , Ontario, Canada
Katia
Wittock, Antwerp, Belgium
Katie
Rusell, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Krystyna
Sadej, Ontario, Canada
Linda
Cunningham, Alberta, Canada
Liv
Pedersen, Alberta, Canada
Louise
Martin, Great Britain
Maximo
Laura, Peru
Nowak
Bernadeta, Poland
Pam
Lowe, USA
Ria
Hartig, Ontario, Canada
Shanna
Robinson, Michigan, USA
Sharon
Smith
Stella
Tang, Ontario, Canada
Stephenie
Collin, Auckland, New Zealand
Tommye
Scanlin, Georgia, USA
Tricia
Goldberg, California, USA
Yamile
Roa, Ontario Canada
Kate Kitchen proudly showing a recently completed tapestry woven at the Toronto Weaving School. Kate has been a long time participant in the class and it's nice to have her presence as she steadily perseveres with her tapestry weaving.
Call for entry for small with the Handweavers Guild of America: Small Expressions
Ixchel advises us to watch this video about an amazing tapestry artist: http://vimeo.com/18967526
Tommye Scanlin, a tapestry weaver in Georgia lets us know about another tapestry weaver at this link: http://www.shorelife.com/2012/12/02/dream-weaver-the-tapestries-of-ulrika-leander/
Debbie Herd, fellow tapestry weaver tells us about this video on a tapestry weaver: http://www.portrait.gov.au/site/Dame_Elisabeth.php
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