I was reminiscing about how rewarding it was to be in New York for the Winter Show three years ago, when Frida Hansen’s Sørover [Southward],
Category: Tapestry
An Unwelcome Reason to Weave: A Rose for Renee
Over the years I’ve documented my weaving life with headlines and magazine covers posed on the loom–through the pandemic, through January 6 and other dramatic
Two Unidentified Transparent Tapestries with Striped-breast Birds
I visited my friend Nanne Stølmacher for dinner in Oslo last fall. Her friend and fabulous weaver, Inger Anne Utvåg, was not able to join
Identifying a Transparent Tapestry: Birds and Roses are Key
The Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo features a rose-filed transparent tapestry designed by Julie (Jullik) Gulbrandsen (1876 – 1950). Gulbrandsen was a student of Frida Hansen and
Fabulous “Rognebær”
A Mountain Ash tree grows in our Minneapolis yard, and it has come to remind me of the woven berries of Norwegian weaver Aagot Lund
A Marie Karsten Rug Appears at Auction
In 2024, I pored through the Husfliden (Norwegian Handcraft Association) archives at the Norsk Folkemuseum with curator Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen, searching for patterns for
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