It seems I’m not always on top of posting finished objects. That is because I am focused on the process, the decisions, right or wrong, the ideas, the mistakes, the journey. When a piece is finally finished I stop thinking about it with the same maniacal focus, so it slips into obscurity…. well, not totally, but certainly the journey seems done to me at that point.
Here is the finished trail of pears. It was a terrific learning process. The image is so simple that my focus became the line and the color of each pear.
I am waiting for some deep brown, medium weight linen to arrive so I can mount this little tapestry, which is …. And I am hoping that the bit of wrinkling in the center of the piece will dissolve once the tension is off the loom. Normally I wouldn’t have an ounce of hope about this, but Archie seemed to think that is what will happen. Please let him be right!
And here are the two scarves from my workshop at NEWS with Sarah Saulson. I still have not gotten to a bead store to purchase something to embellish the plain hems. And I have not yet painted the last bit of warp. So in reality, these scarves are not yet finished!
Now back to what really intrigues me…. I have come back to the tapestry of my older son, and that journey is still exciting! I am shading his neck and cheek right now and hope to reach his ear by early next week. There is a LOT I am not happy with on this piece. I feel driven to finish it so I can perhaps do it again….better.
Ooops! You can see the finished pears behind him…. oh well…
