Bobbi Shorlidge
Hand woven double weave on a computerized dobby loom. Thick and thin yarns. Black and white yarns. My “Woven Bands Series” deals with illusion. From afar, each piece reads as many narrow bands woven separately, weaving over and under each other. Upon a closer look, one sees that I have woven a “tromp l’oeil illusion”–Continue reading “Woven Bands No. 3
Bobbi Shorlidge
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Bobbi Shorlidge
Hand woven double weave on a computerized dobby loom. Thick and thin yarns. Black and white yarns. My “Woven Bands Series” deals with illusion. From afar, each piece reads as many narrow bands woven separately, weaving over and under each other. Upon a closer look, one sees that I have woven a “tromp l’oeil illusion”–Continue reading “Woven Bands No. 4
Bobbi Shorlidge
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Bobbi Shorlidge
Hand woven double weave on a computerized dobby loom. Thick and thin yarns. Black and white yarns. My “Woven Bands Series” deals with illusion. From afar, each piece reads as many narrow bands woven separately, weaving over and under each other. Upon a closer look, one sees that I have woven a “tromp l’oeil illusion”–Continue reading “Woven Bands No. 5
Bobbi Shorlidge
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Elaine Taylor
Handwoven This is an M’s and O’s weave. I moved away from pastels to colors that reminded me of the Southwest states.
Diana Urso
Hand woven, hand dyed fibers. Inspired by spring flowers blooming in my garden, this hand woven, hand dyed triangle shawl is an original, one of a kind creation.
Diana Urso
Hand woven This design was inspired by the fading summer and autumnal colors. Shades of gold, rust and brown with flecks of gold shimmer complete this heavier weight shawl for the coming cooler weather. Contains wool and mohair, cotton and synthetic fibers. Hand washable, drape to dry.
Diana Urso
Hand woven During the month of August, I noticed fields of natural prairie plants around my home in Willowbrook, IL. Multiple shades of green, with tiny blue, yellow, white and salmon blooms speckled the wind-swept fields. (Yes, we still have some of these untouched lots in our area.) Those colors, in their most natural formContinue reading “Prairie Field Flowers
Diana Urso
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Diana Urso
Hand woven on an upright triangle loom My miniature lavender bush bloomed in fragrant shades of pink in the early spring of this year. Soon the tiny pink buds opened to lavender and finally the darker purple spent flowers fell to the ground. Here, I have attempted to replicate the progression of this process inContinue reading “Reblooming Lavender
Diana Urso
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Marzena Ziejka
It is a hand woven everyday-use-objects tapestry – shredded mail & disposal bags mixed with wool Our fingerprints have identifying markings both genetic and shaped by the story of our everyday lives – nature and nurture if you will. I used the everyday objects that I touch: paper disposal bags, wool to make this tapestry,Continue reading “Dog Bite
Marzena Ziejka
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