I did a wonderful 2 day weaving course with Joan Baxter. I did not realise what a gift this was until I saw some of her work. Joan worked for seven years on the Henry Moore tapestries. We wove a sample piece where we mixed threads which Joan had dyed. We had to choose two colours and mix those until we got the colour we were thinking of. I learnt a lot about adding colours and dropping them from the mix. Up until now I have only woven lines so it was great to try rectangles and slopes. My seas will now be able to go up and down.
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| My sample |
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| Frances at work. You can see more of her work at www.francescrowe.com |
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| Joan's samples |
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| Heather weaving her sample based on the colours of a lake out on The Sheeps Head |
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| Joan's work |
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| Joan used twigs in this snowscape |
We worked in Pascales' gorgeous studio and the company of other weavers was very welcome. It was great to see the work that people had done. Thank you to Kathryn for the yummy chocolate cake.
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