Looking through images of Norwegian billedvev (tapestry), you will find many eight-pointed stars, utterly charming in their variety. In my Vesterheim billedvev workshop last week,
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Pick and Pick: A Medieval and Modern Technique for Tapestry
With my upcoming Vesterheim workshops in mind, I’ve been studying the various decorative elements in the clothing of figures in medieval Norwegian billedvev (tapestry) pieces.
Medieval Stock Photo?
I wove a “medieval head sampler” in anticipation of my billedvev workshops at Vesterheim in September. I looked through many images of old Norwegian tapestries
Merry Christmas!
Rebecca Mezoff wrote about a Christmas tree “weave-along” this fall. OK. Cool. I can do that. I’ll riff on Norwegian tapestry and use it as
“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
Norwegian Billedvev
Let’s say you were a wealthy person in Oslo or Bergen, or in the valley of Gudbrandsdal in Norway in the 1700s, eager to display
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