“Polar Bear, Polar Bear, Does Anyone Care?”
The title of this small tapestry (9.5″ x 15.5″) is “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, Does Anyone Care?” Surely not our current president, a climate change denier who proposes a 31% … Continue reading
Goatskins for Grain; and Now, as a Work of Art
While up at the farm in northern Minnesota, I visited the North Dakota Museum of Art, on the campus of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. What a great … Continue reading
Get Plastic Out of the Ocean
My friend Annemor sent a link to a newscast about a funny and creative woman in Kristiansand in southern Norway, an environmental activist with heart. On Syttende Mai (Norwegian Independence Day), … Continue reading
Mother’s Day (including a nostalgic textile)
I’m on an extended visit to the family farm in Bygland in northern Minnesota, so I am able to be with my mother for Mother’s Day, a treat. Here we are, … Continue reading
Varafeldur, Part 4: One Step Forward, One Step Back
Melba wrote to me today and asked how my weaving was going; had I run out of handspun yarn yet? She has much more beautiful yarn ready. Unfortunately, I am … Continue reading
Varafeldur, Part 3
Once the warp threads are hanging from the top of the loom, and the weights are attached at the bottom, the next step is to make a chain across the … Continue reading
Varafeldur, Part 2
The warp is now hanging from my loom, and the weights are attached, after a fun day of diving in to the project with Melba Granlund and Connie LaTendresse. As … Continue reading
Finally, A Varafeldur, 2017
A weaving adventure begins this week, thanks to my friend Melba Grandlund, who thought it would be a great idea to demonstrate weaving on a warp weighted loom at the … Continue reading
Billedvev-Abstracted to the Extreme
At our meeting of the Scandinavian Weavers Study Group yesterday, I was honored by a compliment. Sara Okern, a master of serene rag rugs, said that she was inspired by my … Continue reading
A Busy Loom at the Weavers Guild
Our Scandinavian Weavers Study Group is in the midst of a group project at the Weavers Guild. We put a fine linen warp for dukagång on a Glimåkra loom. Everyone … Continue reading
