I am preparing for an upcoming Zoom lecture for Vesterheim Norwegian American Museum on September 22, 2020, “From Kindness to Cutting Satire: Lila Nelson’s Tapestries
Rags Rugs are so Wonderful
The new issue of the Norwegian Textile Letter is out, and features a translation of a wonderful cultural history article about rag rugs in Norway:
No, It’s not a Frida Hansen Piece
My friend Anne Whidden forwarded me a post about a transparency that was attributed, possibly, to Frida Hansen. It’s for sale by F J Hakimian in
Tapestry Humor and Food!
The New Yorker‘s weekly humor page, “Shouts and Murmurs,” recently featured tapestry humor (!) in “Small Talk in 1348” by Teddy Wayne. You should really
Studio and Loom Changes Afoot
In June I decided that I am no longer going to have my studio in the Casket Arts Building. It was a grand five-year experiment.
Midcentury Billedvev Mystery–Solved
Line Dufour posted a query on Facebook–“Can anyone help us learn more about this tapestry weaving? We believe it was handed down generation to generation
