Weaverly

Mt. Rainier Makes a Rare Appearance

Just a few of my closest friends...

Complex Weavers Seminars 2014 has just concluded. Some great lectures, study groups, and friends. Enough new ideas to last another two years at least. See you in 2016.

Alice & Patrice Take a Selfie at Complex Weavers

So sad we can't take each other's lectures, as both are given at the same time.

...and Alice takes a picture of Richard who is taking a video of the lunch crowd. That's Janet in the foreground.

I love conferences.

Weather Report

It changes every 5 minutes. This is view of Vashon Island as seen from Pt. Defiance--inside the car.

Five minutes later the sun came out.
Tonight is registration for Complex Weavers Seminars. Ta dah!

Overlooking Commencement Bay

Lunchtime, Tacoma

Yesterday saw exhibition of weaving by Stacey Harvey-Brown & Agnes Hauptli at B-Squared Gallery. Fabulous! No to be missed.

Gray Skies

...and great coffee.

Tacoma

Ready for the festivities.

Triple Cloth

Enjoyed a visit to friends Dawn & Mark this morning. It was such a pleasure to see their house with all its personal collections and handcrafted features. I stopped dead in my tracks in the dining room where Dawn has displayed a fabulous Japanese textile from Kawashima. This beauty is a jacquard triple cloth with differential of takeup; unfortunately I wasn't able to photograph the entire repeat, but here are three closeups to give you an idea of the ingenuity employed in the design of this industrially woven structure. Be sure to click on each one to see a larger image. Enjoy.

Thank you, Dawn!

Related articles

Boing

An Upholstery Find at Tito's

Working Within Constraints

The Passage of Time

You won't find any textiles here for a while. They're happening, but not in this space. To tide us over, I'll share two observations about the passage of time. First is a neighbor's magnolia bloom I've discovered just at eye level (hard to come by—they're either too low to the ground for me to observe comfortably, or too high to reach without a ladder). This is what it looked like yesterday:

…and here's the same bloom today. Time's a-wasting.

This young lady I encountered in an undisclosed location is not bearing the passage of time very well. I never saw her in her "before" state, but she's obviously having trouble coping. I think a lighter hand with the makeup would serve her well, or maybe a paler shade.

Related articles

Unframed Textiles

Moving Into Purple

Fits and Starts

Plain Weave

Death of an Elephant

On May 3 of this year I visited the Greenville Zoo and did some sketching. Here is Joy the elephant:

I also took some pictures of Joy; I've misplaced all the photos but this one:

Maybe I'm anthropomorphizing, but this looks like a very sad expression, or part of an expression, on Joy's face. It's certainly a portent. Joy was the last remaining elephant at the zoo. 

This week Joy was on her way to a sanctuary for senior elephants, where it was hoped her golden years would be cheered by the companionship of other elephants, but she unexpectedly died en route. You can read more about Joy in today's Greenville News story.