Thursday, April 14, 2016

PAUA SHELL LOOMS. (Abalone)

For those of you who have no idea what a Paula shell loom may be, here are a couple of images taken from a recent day of play, making brooches.
Linen warp, silk slub, cotton, fine copper wire and feathers.
Of course the problem is that the weaving looks so cute in-situ, that no one wants to cut them off the shell when they are finished weaving. These shells grow to quite good sizes in the colder waters of the NZ coastline.

I will be running a community workshop next Saturday at the Franklin Art Gallery in Pukekohe. Give Nansi a ring at the gallery to book a spot. It is free to attend, and there is a morning and an afternoon time slot available.



4 comments:

  1. A woman after my own heart! Wonderful what can become a loom

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    1. Indeedy. No limitations, no boundaries..fun and adventure.

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  2. I have never seen a shell used as a loom although I have seen weaving done on shells, check out http://alicefox-textiles.blogspot.co.uk/
    Lovely little weavings.

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    1. Do like the little sea water rusted objects on hand wovens of hers, so was good to pop into her site and view the woven limpet shells. The paua shell (abalone) looms are intense enough to weave on so I can not imagine doing work as fine and small as the ones she used on the limpet shells. My intent when doing the shell weaving above is to broaden perspectives on what constitutes a loom. Regards S

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