More hands weaving the international tapestry project

The push is on to finish this portion of the tapestry installation for December 2, 2013. 
Barb Hilts came by last week to contribute to the international tapestry project. She is a very talented silk painter who teaches the techniques on Tuesdays through the Toronto District School Board. She has been doing silk painting for many years and is very knowledgeable about it. To know more about her, her work and classes go to: 
http://www.barbhilts.com/

From Chile originally, Juana Sleizer,  like many tapestry weavers, has been doing this a long time. She also came by last week to help contribute to the international tapestry project, Fate, Destiny and Self-Determination. You can learn more about her work at http://tapestryworld.blogspot.ca/. 

Kate Kitchen and Mimma Draga seem a little cheered by weaving the bright colours of the international tapestry project. Kate continues to be a registrant at the Toronto Weaving School and creates tapestries and handwoven scarves. 

Elizabeth Evans and Susan Middleton who you've seen in previous posts, came in this week and we enjoyed having them join us. 

Pam Hutley sent this shape from Australia. She writes: "The logo in the tapestry is a representation of the Brigalow tree, Acacia harpophylla. This tree grew in thick shrubs in the area I grew up and lived in, Queensland Australia." You can see more of her work at www.pamhutley.com. About the colour Dorothy Cloews wrote a while back: On looking up Royal blue I found this information- 

'Royal blue describes both a bright shade and a dark shade of azure blue.
It is said to have been invented by millers in Rode, Somerset, a consortium
of which won a competition to make a dress for the British queen, Charlotte
of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.[3]
Traditionally, dictionaries define royal blue as a deep to dark blue, often
with a purple or faint reddish tinge.
By the 1950s, many people began to think of royal blue as a brighter color,
and it is this brighter color that was chosen as the web color "royal blue"
(the web colors when they were formulated in 1987 were originally known as
the X11 colors, since the World Wide Web did not come into operation until
1991). The World Wide Web Consortium designated the keyword "royalblue" to
be this much brighter color, rather than the traditional darker version of
royal blue' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_blue.
Dorothy
Who cannot resist going down these side trails

Aruna Reddy sent 4 shapes. In the last three she used assorted textural techniques. She is a member of the British Tapestry Group in the UK and you can see more of her work at their website: http://www.thebritishtapestrygroup.co.uk/ and she has exhibited her work in the UK. She writes in her artist statement: " My work is an eclectic mix of fibre art and weaving....and I enjoy the tactile quality of the work which is very textural. In my work I use a variety of materials apart from wool and cottons such as recycled materials: plastic bags, carpet tiles and other found objects and materials. I alos use other textile techniques in my owkr such as crochet, knitting, needle weaving, finger weaving and embroidery. As a designer I am interested in surface patterns recurring in my environment, glimpses of images in passing and the natural envrionment."

FATE, DESTINY AND SELF DETERMINATION/le sort, le destin et l’auto-determination

91 received shapes as of November 7  2013

Tricia Goldberg, California, USA               

Therese Jarry, Blaison, France                                  

Tayeoun Kim, Korea                                                      

Susan Middleton, Ontario, Canada                         

Stephanie Cantoni, West Australia                         

Stella Tang, Ontario Canada                                       

Sofia Verna, Umbria, Italy                           

Sharon Smith, Ohio, USA                                             

Pat Scholz, Australia,
Pam Hutley, Australia                                                   

Noella Kyser, Ontario  Canada                                  

Myrna Lindstrom, BC, Canada                                   

Michael F. Rohde, California, USA                           

Merna Strauch, California, USA                                

Melanie Siegel, Ontario, Canada                                             

Maximo Laura, Peru                                                      

Mary Lane, Washington, USA                    

Marie Thumette Brechard

Marian Constantino                                                       

Mai Liis Toomes, Ontario, Canada                           

Madeleine Darling-Tung, Ontario Canada           

Louise Lemieux Berube, Quebec , Canada          

Liv Pedersen, Alberta, Canada                                  

Linda Maxwell, Nova Scotia Canada                       

Leonore Johnston, Ontario Canada        

Krystyna Sadej                                                                 

Kirsten Glasbrook, UK                                                   

Katie Russell, Scotland                                                 

Katia Wittock, Belgium                                                

Kate Kitchen, Ontario Canada                                   

Karen Piegorsch, Arizono, USA                                 

Judy Kogan, Argentina                                                 

Judy Dominic, Ohio USA                                                              

Judite Vagners, Ontario, Canada                                             

Juana Sleizer, Ontario Canada                                  

JaQueline Keller, Saskatchewan, Canada                            

Janette Meetze, Oklahoma, USA

Janet Austin, Rhode Island, USA                                              

Ixchel Suarez, Ontario, Canada                                                 

Francois Seguin, Ontario, Canada                            

Ewa Bartosz-Mazus, Poland

Emoke tapisserie, Marseille, France.                     

Elaine Duncan, BC, Canada                                         

Dorothy Clews, Australia                                            

Donna Wills, Ontario, Canada                                   

Donna Kim, Ontario Canada                       

Chung-Ja Jackson, Ontario, Canada                        

Christine Pradel-Lien, France                                    

Bernard Ossant, France                                                

Bernadetta Nowak, Poland

Aruna Reddy, UK

Arlette Schulman, Ontario, Canada

Anton Venstra, Australia                                             

Antje Goldflam, CT, USA                                                              

Agota Dolinay, Ontario, Canada