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The Baldishol Duck

May 14, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

I finished my piece for the upcoming show at Norway House, The Baldishol: A Medieval Tapestry Inspires Contemporary Textiles. I made a short video showing

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Baldishol Duck Background

March 25, 2020 Robbie LaFleur

The water and columns of my tapestry are underway. Next–the duck! The wooly water is woven with a beautiful skein of variegated indigo-dyed yarn I

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For the “Weavers Applaud” initiative, here is a Minnesota red-headed woodpecker who has pecked a ❤️ of appreciation for everyone who is helping coronavirus patients, or running all the essential services that are keeping us fed and safe. #tapestryweaving #btg/ata-tapestryweaversapplaud #btg/ata-tapestryweaversunited #btg/ata-say thank you #weavingacrosstheworld #tapestryweaving

I made a two-minute video showing “The Baldishol Duck” from design to completion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbPx_pvhRZM #tapestry #tapestryweaversofinstagram #tapestryweaving #weavingmn #weaving #tcshowandtell

The Baldishol Duck is done! More on the blog soon about its development. It’s for an exhibit at #norwayhouse in June. #weavingmn #handweaving #tapestry #tapestryweaversofinstagram #handwoven #weaversofinstagram #fiberart #weaving #tcshowandtell

In this not-banner-year, Lindsey Marshall wove a tapestry banner for the upcoming exhibit, The Baldishol: A Medieval Norwegian Tapestry Inspires Contemporary Textiles. Look at this magnificent beard! See the whole piece and read about it at www.norwegiantextileletter.com/articles/lindsey-marshall #tapestry #tapestryweaversofinstagram #baldisholtapestry #norwayhouse #britishtapestrygroup

I’m starting a rug based on a traditional Norwegian coverlet in this book. I taped a page from the book to my loom and am now going to make my own bands of many colors, using up bins of beautiful Swedish mattgarn. #handwoven #weavingmn #weaversofinstagram #krokbragd #scandinavianweaving #weaving

Read about Sally Reckert’s tapestry, “Children March into an Unknown Future,” for the upcoming show, The Baldishol: A Medieval Norwegian Tapestry Inspires Contemporary Textiles. https://norwegiantextileletter.com/article/sally-Reckert

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