my weavings in the VAAM gallery

My weavings are displayed with the floor cloth by Michaela Groeblacher, McPherson, and glass by Rick Garnett, Buhler, and wall hanging (above) by Susan Shepard, McPherson. This display was designed by fiber artist Shin-hee Chin. This is all part of "Fiber Art: Form and Function - Invitiational" at the VAAM Gallery, McPherson. Be sure to see the wonderful array of fiber art on display. The entire show was hung by Betty Jo Houchen, Elizabeth Liljegren, David Brock, and Shin-hee Chin.

Finally! I finished weaving, knotted, and washed the shawl that I warped last June! The new Fiber Invitational Show has just been hung in the VAAM gallery today, but I don't have photos of the show taken or posted yet. My shawl (or is it a wrap?) has found a home there, along with the Blues #2 scarf. Photos will follow soon. Stay tuned. Hopefully tomorrow!

Blues #2 scarf from the blues warp

The scarf is off the loom, this time with a different weft combination. I was trying to keep on task to get the fringe twisted—tedious. Here, one side is twisted and the other is about to be twisted.

Finally, all the fringe is twisted. The scarf is washed

and lays out to dry along the edge of my diningroom table.

It's longer than the table, so the fringe hangs off the side.

Small side trip I took...

Finding Balance: Inner Strength

Finding Balance: Mystical Moment

Finding Balance: Serenity

Desktop mobiles?

The blues scarf

The scarf has found a home in the VAAM Gallery.

Yarns become scarf...

The 60" scarf is finished, washed, and drying flat on my diningroom table. Tomorrow it will view the world from its post in the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson (VAAM) Gallery.

Art in the Garden, Saturday, June 21

Yes, this is me at Art in the Garden on Saturday.

Lori Martin-Price, who makes jewelry, was in the same garden as I was.

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Wayne Conyers also displayed his pottery in the same garden.

Wayne integrated his pottery in the landscape.

This is a huge and beautiful garden overlooking a small lake. Wish I had photos of the other five gardens on the tour too!

Back at home...

Yes, I did get the loom warped and even wove this much at the garden! Alas, I never did get the shawl woven, or even start the weaving. But it is warped up, ready to begin.

Another project underway

Last Saturday, I took my turn "minding the store" at the VAAM Gallery. While I was there, I wound another warp to put on the smaller portable loom. I set up my warping board right next to a display case full of Susan Shepard's beautiful jewelry. I hope to bring the small loom and weave this warp in the garden I will be in during "Art in the Garden" on Saturday, June 21. As of today, the warp is almost ready to wind on the back beam of the loom. A photo is coming...

Winding warp on the warping board...

More yarn from my stash.

Finally, ready to weave

Note the Christmas wrapping paper

between layers of warp.

Hope the red doesn't rub off!

Ready to go...

Yes!

Yes! I really do have the shawl warp on the loom now. The heddles are threaded, and last night, I got all 8 yards or so of warp wound on the back beam. I ran out of corrogated paper to use on the back beam, so I used wide, red Christmas wrapping paper straight from the roll. It should be fine, I think, as long as it doesn't get wet while it's wound up with all that cream-colored yarn. (Now, how could it get wet?) Tonight, I tied the other end of the warp on to the front apron bar! It should be about 30 inches wide. There will be a photo tomorrow.

what I'm up to now...

I gathered up eight cotton and cotton-linen yarns from my stash to make some shawls.

Close-up of the yarns, measured and wound in chains, and ready for the loom.

Each pair of two yarns is on separate lease sticks.

Sunday night, I finished slaying the reed with four of the eight yarns. Maybe I can do the other four yarns tonight? Better get to work! I'd like to have at least one shawl finished for the VAAM Art in the Garden on June 21.

Will I make it?

My bookmarks again... I love to experiment with colors and textures. Bookmarks are a way to do that.

wool/rayon and wool scarves

Knotted and washed. I actually finished them last Sunday and wore the all-wool one. Hey, it's still cold here in Kansas.

up close and personal

The two wool scarves are cut from the loom.

cotton/silk scarf series

These are on currently on display at the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson (VAAM) Gallery in McPherson, Kansas. This series of cotton and silk scarves all have the same warp, but each has a different weft. The one on the left has a contrast weft at the opposite end (at the back of the display) which echoes the band in the front. The scarf second to the left was sold today.

This is a runner which is fan-folded atop the four scarves, making an interesting display that I never would have thought of. The runner is all cotton, weft and warp.

what I'm working on...

This is what I'm working on right now. The warp is Brown Sheep Wool from Nebraska and the weft is a variegated rayon space-dye. As you can see, I will need to refill my bobbin. Actually there is another scarf already woven on the cloth beam, but I haven't cut if off. The weft for that is a teal wool also Brown Sheep Wool.

Hope you visit my blog for the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson (VAAM) http://visualartsallianceofmcpherson.blogspot.com/

I spend more time posting to that blog than I do on this one, but I plan to post more often here in the future.

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