Re. my previous blog about posting my progress as I weave my new piece. That was a bad omen.
I have Ssooooo had difficulty with this new loom. Should one share ones failures??? Of course.
So next time I WILL post up photos of the disaster/s that should have been humming along nicely by now.
I suspected the warp was all wrong to begin with and that it may cause some worry. However in the end I cut it off and re-warped with a nice light-weight but good quality cotton warp, only to find that the metal heddles were slowly, silently and maliciously slicing the warps as I was weaving down the other end of the loom. "Ggggrrrrrrr..." said I.
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| Dream State |
Any way here are some miniatures for your perusal, the middle piece expresses very well the folly of continuing with weaving and documenting the piece I was going to do. I have totally simplified the design and will post that up at a later date, probably altered somewhat.
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| Pissing in the Wind |
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| Chester...... With Spots |
What size are the minis? I'm always a pushover for miniatures in any medium, and these are lovely, very expressive!
ReplyDeleteThe two bottom pieces are 9x8cm, and the warp is set at 10/11 epi using a fine cotton.
ReplyDeleteDream State was woven using the same warp, and measured 10x14.5cm.
Miniatures are such a great way to build up ideas and fine tune the technical aspects of tapestry weaving. I just love making them because they allow you to have plenty to say within so little space, and the designs need to be very tight and accurate which is always a challenge.