Sand + Sea 3
Small, abstract representation of walking along the beach at waters edge. Handwoven with upcycled home textile fabrics on undyed cotton rug warp.
Small, abstract representation of walking along the beach at waters edge. Handwoven with upcycled home textile fabrics on undyed cotton rug warp.
My weaving is often inspired by something I have seen or experienced in nature. However, there are times when I elect to more deeply examine an aspect from a previous project and/or experiment with a weaving technique. My Sand and Sea series is an example of the latter.
After creating a number of utilitarian rag rugs, Shoreline was one of my first artistic weavings. I wove it with 1 ½-inch fabric strips cut on the grain and used a clasped weft technique.
For my Sand and Sea series, I studied the same frothy boundary between the land and water using thinner, bias cut fabric strips which compress better and nearly hide the warp threads. Sand and Sea 3 is a smaller than both Sand and Sea 1 and Sand and Sea 2. It uses gentle curves and horizontal lines to create a more abstract depiction of the water's motion at the transition.
Walking along the beach at waters edge.
16 ½" wide x 18" long - Handwoven with salvaged home textile fabrics on undyed cotton rug warp.