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Belated Thanksgiving Thankfulness: The Weavers Guild Dobby Group

November 27, 2017 Robbie LaFleur

I made a pretty towel on the Megado loom at the Weavers Guild of Minnesota, part of the Dobby Weavers Interest Group project. The words

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I’m pleased to be teaching a short seminar at the Handweavers Guild of America biennial Convergence conference next summer in Knoxville, Tennessee. It’s not a full-on long workshop, but a morning of study through slides and examples. Frida Hansen’s Transparency Technique: The session begins with an image-rich lecture on the life and work of famed Norwegian tapestry artist, Frida Hansen. What materials did she use and what contemporary yarns can we use to achieve the play of light and dark in her beautiful transparent tapestries? How do you create a design to work well with open warps? This session is part art history, with immersion into the life of a talented artist and consummate weaver. It is also a hands-on session, with tips on the best materials to use and how to adapt a design to suit the technique. Session Category: 3-Hour Seminar Date: Monday, July 27, 2020 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m #tapestry #fridahansen #tapestryweaving #weaversofinstagram #handwoven #weaving #weavingworkshop

I once wove this small tapestry—the joke being that Trump would like a tower in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Wrong, of course, it’s GREENLAND. #tapestry #handwoven

In Maine, my travel tapestry is our two cats and some Norwegian borders. Not so much time, not so much progress because of the most fun daily distraction of beaches, rocks, golf and grandchildren. #tapestry #tapestryweaving #proutsneck

There are prize-winning potatoes at the Minnesota State Fair each year, but generally not in the Creative Activities Building. This year, mine are. (But of course I don't know if I will win a prize, yet.) I decided the deadline for my first larger piece in the transparency technique of Frida Hansen would be the last day to bring in entries for the Minnesota State Fair Creative Activities competition. This is "The Farmer's Daughter's Yggdrasil (Tree of Life)." Plus photos of my father with potatoes, my father's potato stationery, and my grandfather with a trophy for his potatoes. #handweaving #fridahansen #tapestry #tapestryweaving #weaving #minnesotastatefair #handwoven #fiberartists

The potato transparency continues, now with a beautiful rosemaled box beside it for yarn. My cousin Gretchen Wurden Carew painted it and exhibited it at the Annual Exhibition of Folk Art at the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum. PERFECT for loom-side yarn access during this S-l-o-w weaving. #tapestry #tapestryweaving #weaving #handweaving #vesterheim #rosemaling

The most frequent question asked of weavers, hands down, is, "How long did it take you to make that?" Here's a little comparison. Yesterday I wove a towel on the Megado computerized loom at the Weavers Guild. Plug in the pattern and boom--throw the shuttle back and forth and the beautiful towel unfolds. I wove the visible section in 20 minutes. This morning I timed how long it took to weave a leaf in my potato "tree of life" piece, woven in transparency tapestry technique. 55 minutes. #tapestryweaving #tapestry #handwoven #handweaving #weaving #ontheloom #whatsontheloom #weaversguildmn

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