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My New Friend, František Kysela

August 7, 2013 Robbie LaFleur

Somehow, I was fated to see and love the large tapestries of Czech artist František Kysela. This spring I attend the annual meeting of the National

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Minneapolis #tapestry alert! four large tapestries by Norwegian artist #jangroth are up in the courtyard of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. More photos and info at Robbielafleur.com.

A treasure purchased while volunteering for set-up at the #textilecentergaragesale. STUPID SNOWSTORM has delayed the actual sale to next Saturday, April 23. YOU SHOULD GO. I also bought three bags of small skeins of natural-dyed wool samples. I see a small floral #tapestry with flowers inspired by old Scandinavian tapestries.

Swedish friends! Here are three tapestries my friend Carol Johnson bought on eBay, perhaps all from the same weaver. She has no information on them. Does anyone recognize the artist or the designs? I love the one with the musicians. #tapestry #scandinaviandesign #swedishweaving #flamskvävnad

If you are near Minneapolis, see a wonderful exhibit of Scandinavian weaving at the Weavers Guild. More info on Scandinavianweaversmn.com. #scandinavianweaving #swedishweaving #weavingmn #weaversguildmn

I have a tapestry experiment on a small pipe loom and it seems SO IMPORTANT to weave it, because I am avoiding what you see in the second photo.

This krokbragd/danskbrogd piece was off the loom in January, but the ice cream weaving got in the way of doing the finishing work. #krokbragd #danskbrogd #scandinavianweaving #scandinaviandesign #weavingmn #casketarts #handweaving

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