Last week we spent a few days in Beaufort SC (not to be confused with Beaufort NC) and enjoyed poking around on St. Helena Island. Here's that wonderful ruin that visitors love to photograph.
What I find especially interesting about this building is the oyster shells used as the basis for its construction. Not to mention the thousands of shades of gray (I do not exaggerate).
Widening our palette, here are the marshlands, ever changing their aspect at different times of day.
Back home again, the autumn colors begin to take precedence. We are in the Piedmont, after all.
In a walk around the lake this morning, I came across this mother duck and her brood. She didn't seem to mind my taking a few pictures. The waterfowl around here are very tame. Don't you love that collection of warm neutrals, and the little shock of the red?
Of course there is plenty of drama. It depends on which way you aim your sights. Here we are looking up.
But looking down, the picture is equally intriguing, but with a more muted palette.
Last night was the first frost, and the color shift is continuing a trend toward monochromatic.
Back in the studio, I have just completed a linen sampler. There were four distinct warp sections of 3-color rotations, and I crossed these with bands of 12 different wefts. I am trying to embrace as many different color possibilities in this information-gathering. Forty-eight options here.
Eight shafts. One-shuttle weaving. Following are some closeups.
The structure is twill with three parallel interleaved threadings.
I used a black floating selvedge, but in the eventual project the floating selvedge will be the same color as the weft.
Click on any of these to enlarge.