tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48290448702047060872024-02-18T19:27:36.207-08:00Growing a Tapestry...............Stop by and take a look at my tapestry weaving as I plant ideas and watch them grow...Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.comBlogger128125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-9478020329363943732020-11-16T11:18:00.000-08:002020-11-16T11:18:34.407-08:00Adaptations Series is Complete<p> Greetings All</p><p>Wanted to share with you my final two pieces from a series of work I have called Adaptations. It is based on an issue that started two years ago with my eyes and has brought me to a new reality.</p><p>All five pieces are mounted on a 9 x 12" acrylic painted board and involve the use of mixed media materials along with more traditional fibers. The works are meant to be viewed in the order you see below and each deals with a particular adaptation I personally developed or acquired from another source. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLphkWgyQ87LESHWgHPOcmLFKTrzKPHwH7XdAGHbr4EQ96dXxmCF6e1D8AFRy6BazqEdNcD8_uV0Ot4iyASqwwEVnZMRx46VGwVPi83flh4AEhGAszPbEMpZ819dwcfwKeKBaHBDFOUkfX/s892/2019_Eyes+Shut_700px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLphkWgyQ87LESHWgHPOcmLFKTrzKPHwH7XdAGHbr4EQ96dXxmCF6e1D8AFRy6BazqEdNcD8_uV0Ot4iyASqwwEVnZMRx46VGwVPi83flh4AEhGAszPbEMpZ819dwcfwKeKBaHBDFOUkfX/s320/2019_Eyes+Shut_700px.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eyes Shut<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVooAWY9ezRCkGLFQPSddwaZH4_bYQJXQSZ9KESqVnTJQr-DNp4h0DdGLGmtToxOOyCARC_C6vEsQtbsqgg2QkAs2n4-2z0eu-jTgtKKK1YGJvhK263lzXSn5ht1Tra0pjlD0AUGzhRIH0/s1020/2019_Infusion_700px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1020" data-original-width="700" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVooAWY9ezRCkGLFQPSddwaZH4_bYQJXQSZ9KESqVnTJQr-DNp4h0DdGLGmtToxOOyCARC_C6vEsQtbsqgg2QkAs2n4-2z0eu-jTgtKKK1YGJvhK263lzXSn5ht1Tra0pjlD0AUGzhRIH0/s320/2019_Infusion_700px.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Infusion<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK9KNW6XNoIcuVAfJ-kHl4VFjZsojtoT0-n3IpP0H2_tK7QZcsxWtvco_B30xAwP1BbMK6OcS8kmCqtgDcMVAOgKJrVP4vcSYk0eiVSYhU9kWn3NY0Mxbw0PQlnYkvd7r1YzTkB6Tg5cI/s700/2019_Prisms+side+lit_700px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="700" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJK9KNW6XNoIcuVAfJ-kHl4VFjZsojtoT0-n3IpP0H2_tK7QZcsxWtvco_B30xAwP1BbMK6OcS8kmCqtgDcMVAOgKJrVP4vcSYk0eiVSYhU9kWn3NY0Mxbw0PQlnYkvd7r1YzTkB6Tg5cI/s320/2019_Prisms+side+lit_700px.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Twist<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjYV79tW1a-IZolk1pJiOO4Ym8vQiFvIC3o_vfAZuuKDuFx286ksKXZ1Bhm4d_rRs8MnRx_-7Muk48GBi2xXwjCccRjyAHqNvZUgh67ioXXgP3BXHT9X9yuMRs2FN4M2S7yK3GQEKb4ed/s1000/4_2020_Artificial+Tears_1000px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjYV79tW1a-IZolk1pJiOO4Ym8vQiFvIC3o_vfAZuuKDuFx286ksKXZ1Bhm4d_rRs8MnRx_-7Muk48GBi2xXwjCccRjyAHqNvZUgh67ioXXgP3BXHT9X9yuMRs2FN4M2S7yK3GQEKb4ed/s320/4_2020_Artificial+Tears_1000px.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artificial Tears<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXFoADt-JPYdQ0SUu0Va_-CW19YGwBL3GRaY28MsOGif10zPbGC2X9c7dBTmr4guJp_GDeXepUUQezzCEAGOjGajgcUbSi0ETP-ebYQ1lNdCgiKAts5nRy0U7ejzfKt6lePPCxPunTv64/s1000/5_2020_Prism+Sticker_1000px.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaXFoADt-JPYdQ0SUu0Va_-CW19YGwBL3GRaY28MsOGif10zPbGC2X9c7dBTmr4guJp_GDeXepUUQezzCEAGOjGajgcUbSi0ETP-ebYQ1lNdCgiKAts5nRy0U7ejzfKt6lePPCxPunTv64/s320/5_2020_Prism+Sticker_1000px.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prism Sticker</td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><br /></p><p>Prism Sticker was the final adaptation that has led me to where I am today. Given the reality of this year and the adaptations we've had to make with the change we confront, I imagine there is more ahead for all of us.</p>Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-45755724846219064222020-06-06T16:19:00.000-07:002020-06-06T16:19:28.692-07:00Imagine That, LandscapesGreetings to all that still have an urge to head to blogs. I've been struggling with motivation the past few months. I know I'm not alone, many talk about monotony, lethargy, motivation. There are up and down days, but hey, I'm living a life.<br />
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Lately I'm not around many people so I've turned to landscapes. If you know my work you are no doubt surprised as I've focused on people for most of my life. I haven't deserted people, I'm just waiting for them to enter my life once again.<br />
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<br />In the meantime birds and land have been my focus. Landscape is a daunting and I'm grateful for this new challenge. I'm looking more closely at my surroundings, listening to the songs the birds are singing each morning.<br />
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Many good teachers before me have said, spend more time looking than doing and that has become important in my landscape investigations.<br />
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Who knows where it will lead?Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-57466295606152211522020-04-17T16:11:00.000-07:002020-04-18T17:38:59.376-07:00Coronavirus Diaries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Well we all know what's been on our minds the past few months. No matter where you live.<br />
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In the corona spirit I offer a blog based on my sketchbook, images I've drawn for the past month based on my experience living a life at this time. I'll begin with some happy news, I had two sketches published in the New York Times.<br />
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And yes, I was in Spain.<br />
Before I elaborate, the link for this article, entitled Coronavirus Diaries by Amelia Nierenberg is<br />
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The big idea is how people record their lives and there are a variety of examples, check it out! I'm excited.<br />
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I arrived in Spain on March 11 to visit my daughter for 3 weeks. Four days later a State of Emergency was declared and we were in quarantine. The vacation was not what I expected but offered me a unique opportunity to record my life at a very unusual time. And really, the fact I draw kept me going. It still does.<br />
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Take a look at a few of my sketches from this time period.<br />
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When the government declared the emergency - and they are still in quarantine as I write this - my sketching switched to what was inside.<br />
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And then it was time for all US citizens to go home. The airport was empty, there were 80 people grouped from several flights flying back to O'Hare.<br />
What an unusual experience, ok, I don't need to repeat it, but still, it's all here in my sketchbook.<br />
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And now, back in Madison.<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-37610949908032506982020-01-16T07:41:00.003-08:002020-01-16T07:41:46.907-08:00Last Panel, Hallway TransitionsIt's hard for me to believe that this is my final piece I'm working on for my series Substitute Tales. I've just started the third and final panel for Hallway Transitions, part of this series. Earlier in the week I worked a day in a middle school and was pleased to think of my weaving as I moved through the sea of people in the halls.<br />
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I think I'm on the right track.<br />
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Now I just need to keep weaving to meet my self imposed March deadline.<br />
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This is the cartoon I sketched to size using a thick black crayon and marker. You also see panel 1 already woven and hanging below, panel 2 which you can't see, hangs below that one. All are pinned to a black foam core and used as reference as I weave.<br />
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The tissue paper at the right is what I slip behind the work to make sure I'm on track and relating to the cartoon. Note that I like to work improvisationally as I weave yet I do want it to relate to the original sketches.<br />
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As of today I am midway through the second lens of the glasses heading toward person #2.<br />
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Stay tuned.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-1266142502216821372019-11-14T08:39:00.002-08:002019-11-14T08:39:45.181-08:00Hallway Transition Series Panel 2This morning I began work on the 3rd person in my second panel of the series I call Hallway Transitions.<br />
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Do you remember panel 1?<br />
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There will be 3 panels woven to complete the work on my idea of substitute teaching in the Madison School District, an era that is coming to a close.<br />
So I better get weaving.<br />
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What follows is progress on the second panel. I spent quite a bit of time in August dyeing yarns for this to make colors that might be read as neutrals but just a bit more lively. This second panel has more evident color sneaking back in, but that can happen in the halls of a high school.<br />
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Note that although these are all taken out on the deck you will see the colors shift in the first student. These are based on a violet/yellow combination that is quite prone to these shifts depending on the quality of light with which you are you are viewing.<br />
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A bit of a chameleon effect I rather like.<br />
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Hope to get news to you again shortly on my progress. Wisconsin is cooperating by giving us an early winter, gardening is over.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-55499537114275834162019-09-23T09:18:00.002-07:002019-09-23T09:18:49.345-07:00Tapestry Weavers Create More PortraitsAnd have fun doing it, at least I hope so...<br />
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Mid September I revisited <a href="https://www.lostartfiberandtextile.com/" target="_blank">Lost Arts Fiber and Textile Studio</a> in Waukesha , WI for a 3 day workshop entitled Tapestry Portraits from Photographs. Nancy Wilson, owner of the Studio, and I decided to change it up a bit this year and purposefully use photos as resource for our weavings. Pets were an option.<br />
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I think all 10 of the participants can agree with me that this was an intense workshop. Most came with looms warped and had some experience, but not all. I'm especially proud of my first time tapestry weavers, they were not deterred and returned each day ready to go.<br />
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The results were quite remarkable.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>one of my first time weavers and look at the results below</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>he really captured the essence of his wife in this</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sam cat begins to emerge</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Alice the dog with her doggles in a motorcycle side car...try that!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I bet you know what inspiration this weaver used</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>a face woven on the diagonal - yikes, always hard</i></td></tr>
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As with anything new, I reflected on what worked, what would needed to be changed. I have always had an aversion to photos and cartoons in my classes, I find students become too clingy, wanting to never put them aside to see where the weaving process is taking them. Photos can set you up for failure if you don't think through your interpretation.<br />
Change and adaptation must happen.<br />
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But these 10 artists were good sports, did not give up...even when I nagged at them.<br />
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After all, as I like to say, art is hard.<br />
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Of course I arrived the night before so I could hang out at the local laundromat and do a couple sketches. Each place has it's own flavor, this was quite the find.<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-53583277276783513922019-09-03T17:35:00.000-07:002019-09-03T17:35:08.998-07:00Summer Dyeing, Revamped Website and Laundry SketchesIt's official, Summer's Over....well at least Labor Day has passed...and when the kids start walking to school around here, I figure it's time for me to get into fall mode.<br />
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It was a delightful summer, Wisconsin weather behaved itself far better than last year so my dyeing efforts have been quite pleasant. I focused on some yarns I needed for upcoming workshops and the Almost Neutrals I will need to complete the final 2 pieces of Substitute Tales. These are the barely green, barely blue, slightly mauve. Very difficult colors to achieve, trust me.<br />
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Summer weaving focused on a new workshop I'm teaching at <a href="https://www.lostartfiberandtextile.com/" target="_blank">Lost Art Fiber Studio</a> near Milwaukee called Tapestry Portraits from Photographs. I've enjoyed the chance to think about how I approach using photos which I do, but with great caution.<br />
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It was delightful to weave all three samples from photos of my daughter.<br />
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A better model you could not ask for.<br />
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How was your summer? I'm hoping you stayed creative and continue to do so this fall.<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-70923417486728605102019-08-12T17:52:00.000-07:002019-08-12T17:52:15.161-07:00Summer Vacations and SketchesThe pace certainly changed this summer.<br />
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It was definitely time for recharging, something different, an opportunity to learn and just time to think.</div>
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Hence my summer trip to Vermont, sketchbook in hand. This trip had many parts to it, including taking a workshop rather than teaching one, this time the subject was figure drawing. </div>
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The place was the wonderful Landgrove Inn, which I discovered via a search for "art workshops in VT". I highly recommend this gift I gave myself.<br />
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Vermont is truly a special state in our country. I'm ready to get back to the tapestry I plan to work on, the dyeing I need to do, the figure drawing I plan to continue.<br />
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Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-2630972813869849522019-06-11T12:17:00.000-07:002019-06-11T12:17:17.126-07:00AdaptationsThose of you familiar with my work know I enjoy working in a series, most often with personal meaning.<br />
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Which brings me to a new series I've been thinking about and continue to work on titled Adaptations, inspired by problems I've had with my eyes this past year. It's been an interesting journey to say the least.<br />
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On the up side, working through problems often create good opportunities for art-making and I have completed 3 pieces in this series.<br />
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Eyes Shut was the first piece in the series, dealing with the initial symptoms and irritation.<br />
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Infusion was woven next, after I was receiving treatments.<br />
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Prism is the third in the grouping and focused on my struggle to find adaptations that helped me do what I wanted to do.<br />
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All are mounted on 9 x 12 inch acrylic painted board.<br />
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Along with the idea concept, I wanted to work more with exposed warps, slits, and some new fibers that had different qualities than my traditional dyed wool. There were many discoveries that opened my eyes to other possibilities.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>All 3 of these pieces were woven on my surprisingly sturdy old picture frame, 10epi, 4 inches wide.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>I like the light from the back too but haven't figured out how to pull that off...yet.</i></td></tr>
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More to come in this series.<br />
Stay tuned.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-55588100144906930922019-05-06T16:38:00.000-07:002019-05-06T16:38:03.955-07:00ATA Postcard ExchangeAnd I do mean tapestry postcard.<br />
As in a postcard woven and sent through the mail.<br />
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At some point this winter I signed up too participate in my dear organization, ATA 's Postcard Exchange, courtesy of Dorothy Clews, who organized the whole thing. She chose our partners randomly and one day in April (after I had typically forgotten about the whole thing) I received an email from my partner in England, Kirsten Glasbrook who sounded very organized.<br />
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I got to work.<br />
The theme is delightfully broad, "Here to There". I decided to be very straight forward in my design. I've been creating a lot of pieces with stray threads and holes and hidden meanings lately.<br />
And so the tapestry began, entitled, My Perfect Vacation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>postcard is to be 5" x 7", sewn to a backing</i></td></tr>
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In the US people either get my attraction to train travel or they don't. I recently had a long weekend vacation to New York City - 19 hours by train - and the man at the grocery store said, "sounds fun for the first 20 minutes". I do talk to almost everyone.<br />
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This was a redo of an idea I had in 2007 after I took a train from Wilmington,DE to Savannah,GA. I drew a bit and the next month wove these two small pieces that combined my delight on the train with some landscape elements I grew familiar with during my 8 years as an elementary art teacher; the corner sun and a floating blue sky window.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Morning on the Palmetto</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A nice tiny bit I never mounted</i></td></tr>
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I've never redone an idea before like this and it's quite freeing, no pressure, just enjoying the revisit to my love of trains, just as I enjoyed last week's trip to NYC.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Big change from the neutrals I've been working with isn't it?</i></td></tr>
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A perfect vacation indeed. We'll see how it ships over the Atlantic Ocean this summer.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-39194728799392452322019-04-06T16:00:00.000-07:002019-04-06T16:00:22.455-07:00Hallway Transition Series, panel 1 is completeAnd of course there's plenty to talk about. This 3 part series, entitled Hallway Transitions has created some marvelous discoveries for me with growth and new directions.<br />
I'm so lucky, isn't that what an artist hopes for?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>3 of 5 drawings I've done with crayon...still working on final ideas</i></td></tr>
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To review, I started with drawings that came from substitute jobs I've had over the years in the Madison School District. I completed several individual weavings, but wanted to create groups of students passing in the halls. I often feel as though I'm moving against some force of nature.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>samples in tapestry might seem nuts but in this case, necessary</i></td></tr>
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I decided to use neutral colors and some open-weave techniques, so samples needed to be done.<br />
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Then the weaving began.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>using my copper pipe loom, my very favorite of all</i></td></tr>
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<br />Below is a play by play of panel #1. These pieces are woven on the vertical, side to side. The sett is 10epi, 8 1/2 inches wide. I followed the drawing to an extent, but serendipity was in play most of the time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>choosing yarn becomes more complicated once the first face is woven</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>lighter values to bring this face forward</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>panel completed, on to the next</i></td></tr>
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Keep a lookout for metal, wedge weave, holes and unwoven parts. That's the beauty of it. I'm hoping to get the pieces woven by the end of the year.<br />
Keep an eye on me.<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-10733658848598322152019-03-16T13:30:00.001-07:002019-03-16T13:30:34.290-07:00Workshop: Tapestry Portraits from PhotographsLost Art Fiber and Textile Studio, September 13 - 15, 2019, Waukesha, WI<br />
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Just when I think perhaps I've taught enough workshops here and there, an offer comes that's just too good to turn down, another trip to Lost Art Fiber and Textile Studio. And it's not just because Waukesha, WI is a short day trip for me or that owner Nancy Wilson is a warm and wonderful hostess. Nancy's two dogs are a pretty good draw though.<br />
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<br />When Nancy suggested I return after a great workshop in fall 2018, I wanted to shift the focus in this workshop and decided to have students work on portraits from personal photographs rather than letting the weaving process dictate the design.<br />
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I marketed and sold work from my studio in Rochester, NY for several years based on this idea. I had a 3 1/2" warp on my pipe loom constantly and did solo portraits up to a dozen grandchildren and everything in between. Special requests were the most fun, it's amazing the ideas people dream up.<br />
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I scanned some old photos to show you from a book I used to show clients so they had an idea of how I worked. I wanted to encourage many photos rather than just one. And of course pets appeared quite often.<br />
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But, speaking of pets, look at this wonderful weaving one of my students shared with me a few weeks ago. Linda came to a face making workshop last year in IL and has woven some wonderful faces since, then the dogs arrived!<br />
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So if you'd like to join us in September this year to work with tapestry weaving, photographs, and like-minded friends, contact Nancy for more information <a href="http://lostartfiberandtextile.com/" target="_blank">here</a> and let me know if you have any questions.<br />
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Hope to see you there!Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-62477397924749174202019-02-24T09:37:00.002-08:002019-02-24T09:37:49.883-08:00Update on the Panels, Hallway TransitionsWinter has it's icy grip on Wisconsin.<br />
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I seem to have chosen a long term weaving project that mimics the colors I have seen outside for the past 3 months, neutrals or near neutrals. As March approaches I'm wondering if this is a good idea, but it may all work out as the weaving extends into July. Ice colored yarns may help with mosquito season.<br />
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An update on what I'm calling Panel 1/Hallway Transitions, just to organize it as I weave. This morning I reached the eye of person 2 in this group. So far I think the values are holding together.<br />
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I find I am very grateful I took the time to do those samples. They are pinned to a board and next to me as a reference, referred to daily.<br />
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More updates to follow as the seasons come and go.<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-19439818781535388382019-01-23T10:20:00.000-08:002019-01-23T10:20:48.153-08:00Big Ideas Take a Long Time to DevelopAnd so it has been with "Hallway Transitions", the working title of this idea.<br />
Regular readers of this blog may think I've given up weaving entirely in favor of sketching. I'm the first to admit an obsession with drawing, but weaving has been bubbling away in the background.<br />
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In order to create a larger group of work for my Substitute Tales idea, I decided a year ago to work on a few tapestries with groups of students from my daily substitute teaching journals. I worked with those sketches, combining groups by cutting out crayon drawings and moving the pieces around, finally drawing three strips with a black crayon.<br />
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At a loss of how to continue, I decided last summer to do watercolors of the 3 drawings.<br />
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The only thing this did was create more confusion. Adding color didn't seem to help move this idea forward.<br />
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I spoke with a few people who's opinion I value greatly and two of them mentioned that they preferred the black and white approach. I filed the watercolors away and focused on the neutral.<br />
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Fall 2018 began and I knew I was not ready to start weaving. I sorted through yarns I had dyed during the summer, organized them into value and realized I needed to weave a warp of samples. I put a 6 inch warp on my pipe loom and completed 4 samples by the first day of 2019.<br />
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I learned so much weaving those samples: yarn value choices, weaving with new types of fiber, leaving holes, horizontal vs vertical. I think I might be ready to start weaving the first piece.<br />
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So guess what I did this morning?<br />
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Hallway Transitions is moving forward...<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-21295388994086676882019-01-02T18:12:00.000-08:002019-01-02T18:12:20.406-08:00Happy New Year Dear ReadersAnd what a wonderful calm and quiet start we have had here in Madison....snow quietly falling, weaving and sketching happening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>it appears that cupcake t just got a little snow icing on it</i></td></tr>
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I'm participating in my traditional weaving of words in the new year; it's not a tapestry diary, but hey...it's a tradition.<br />
I like to weave these word strips to provide fodder for my morning coffee routine. Weaving as I drink coffee for the first hour of the day is a tradition I started when my daughter was born. Time for myself. My day really doesn't start right without it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the front side of the loom, quite dramatic isn't it?</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>the flip side, two separate strips woven concurrently</i></td></tr>
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This happens to be the end of a warp, a great opportunity for woven words and why not side by side? The piece on the left is a gift for a dear friend; the piece on the right was something that was spur of the moment (my favorite kind of idea), why not weave a piece for the deck posts?<br />
I wonder what words I'm weaving...<br />
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I've been nailing tapestries to the deck posts for a few years now, ones that have languished in boxes, not living up to some standard or other. No one seemed to want them, but why shouldn't they be able to see the light of day?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>this sad little landscape is much happier out on the deck post</i></td></tr>
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And snow and rain and the attention of a few squirrels it seems.<br />
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So now here I am weaving a piece for the great outdoors. Who knows what other craziness will occur in 2019....<br />
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After all, you never know until you try, right?<br />
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Stay creative in 2019...please.<br />
And don't forget to enjoy it.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-89582765466078820722018-12-04T08:41:00.001-08:002018-12-04T08:41:53.680-08:00Workshop SamplesThis is fun to look at, my entire year of workshop samples have been cut off the loom. I did go a bit crazy on the workshop circuit this year and it's a good thing I stopped at four because the loom I had warped was entirely full.<br />
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Must be the end of the year is approaching.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>My cast of characters fresh from the loom</i></td></tr>
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These samples are woven at the workshop and used to demonstrate a technique or design strategy. I don't plan them out beforehand because I work on these pieces as I get requests during the class. I often bring the loom back with me at night to finish a section in preparation for the following day. The loom was warped with 12/9 seine twine at 8 epi, 4 inches wide.<br />
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Yarns are usually grabbed from a table and because of that, surprising things happen.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Architecture with the Milwaukee Guild, a pleasant surprise...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lost Art Fiber Workshop, she appears a bit wistful, missing the good old days I guess...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Illinois Prairie Weavers, this woman has some attitude problems, don't be so judgemental!</td></tr>
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This last sample is a good example of surprises. I was teaching a workshop based on creating a still life of desserts; cupcakes, cookies, pies and the like. After every demonstration I did, the piece continued to grow into a pastry filled sea.<br />
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A little fantasy in your life can be a good thing.<br />
<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-86397104499528032252018-11-19T16:12:00.000-08:002018-11-19T16:12:32.728-08:00Workshop with Illinois Prairie WeaversIt's a treat to teach a workshop nearby, so when Kathy contacted me last year last year to see if I was interested in coming to the Illinois Prairie Weavers Guild for a workshop I was certainly game. Better yet, they chose the workshop that really is at the heart of what I do, Weaving Expression in Faces.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>as you can see, I apparently had a good time...</i></td></tr>
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Yes it is weaving people and that makes you nervous, but really...it's just shapes.<br />
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Each group I teach tends to have it's own personality. This group had a wide variety of ideas, a WIDE variety. Ideas are my thing, you can't have art making without them as far as I'm concerned. Knowledge of technique will vary in any workshop, but the seeds for these face ideas came from all sorts of places.<br />
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Many of the pieces from the workshop were not completed to the extent that you can see the idea (and yes IPW folks, if you are reading this) yet I'm sure they are committed to finishing, the ideas felt just that compelling.<br />
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And these aren't even all of them, only the ones I took decent pictures of!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Blanche has a special place in my heart, a fellow elementary art teacher</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>and it shows in her work</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Cathy's very ambitious FIRST tapestry, and she's doing it!</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Paula did a very interesting interpretation of a painting by her mother</i></td></tr>
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Regardless, it's in their hands now, as happens with all artists.<br />
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I just want to thank them for letting me come and spend time with them, learn from them as well and see the friendship and goodwill that comes from making art together.<br />
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Thanks IPW.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-42600511870776591802018-10-27T16:21:00.001-07:002018-10-27T16:21:31.246-07:00A Sketching ExpeditionI told you about the wonderful workshop I had in Waukesha WI, now I want to take a minute to share a few sketches from an experiment I will definitely repeat, my Drawing Expedition 2018.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>cool cafe in Waukesha</i></td></tr>
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I decided, as I was planning details for my workshop, that I would extend my trip further east, visit family and friends and spend time along the way in places I'd never been, drawing in my sketchbook.<br />
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It was so fulfilling I won't hesitate to do it again.<br />
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I'd never spent time in Michigan and I discovered Marshall, a town you should visit.<br />
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Ashtabula was only a stop on I 90 in Ohio for years, you should see the drawbridge there.<br />
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I'm so grateful I have a passion for sketching the things I see as I live this life. It's even better when I can share them with you.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-16312912530111020222018-10-18T17:41:00.001-07:002018-10-18T17:41:14.985-07:00Faces Appear at Lost Art Fiber and Textile StudioI'm back refreshed from my two week Drawing Expedition back east and I wanted to share the beginnings of that adventure in Waukesha, Wisconsin. This town is on the way to Milwaukee and about a 1 1/2 hour drive from Madison. Nancy Wilson, owner of <a href="https://www.lostartfiberandtextile.com/weaving" target="_blank">Lost Art Fiber and Textile Studio</a> hosted both the workshop and myself at her home outside of town. The two dogs, Rosie and Henry were an added bonus.<br />
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This was a risk taking bunch of weavers. I have an approach in my teaching that is quite open ended and can be unnerving for those who fear venturing into uncharted territory. This group took the challenge and even when they found themselves at those scary crossroads (how do I start the eyes??!!, did I weave enough lips??) it didn't take much to push them into a decision.<br />
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What I love about these workshops is the individuality; we can't help but create different personalities. Naming our new friends became an earnest occupation among the group. On the last day these new people had a life of their own and almost wove themselves.<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-45845694410021904752018-09-16T12:03:00.000-07:002018-09-16T12:03:08.332-07:00Summer Sketching ResultsI'm sure you all know my obsession with a sketchbook. If I haven't drawn it, it may not have happened.<br />
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And really, what better way to train your eye and get new ideas than drawing. It's the basis for all the artwork I do and think about in my life.<br />
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When I look at each one of these the memories of that moment come flooding back. These sketches are all done in a Stillman & Birn 10 x 7 inch sketchbook with micron ink pens, colored pencils and watercolor.<br />
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Stay creative....Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-69417930538331195782018-08-29T16:24:00.000-07:002018-08-29T16:24:46.887-07:00Self Portraits: The Summer EndsI realize the calendar isn't telling us that, we have at least a month...but really, when Labor Day arrives, it feels as though the seasons are changing.<br />
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And it also feels as though my exploratory series of self portraits, a surprise really, have come to a temporary end. After all, self portraits are a continuing interest of mine so certainly more will follow. For now I need to stop and think.<br />
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I have three pieces to show for my summer efforts, the idea is based on some issues I had this summer with my eyes. Amazing how your life changes when your eyes are effected, naturally one feels compelled to make art.<br />
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The surprise of this series was the impact of the holes in the tapestries. As you may remember, if you are a regular reader, I have made no cartoons, preferring to let the tapestry language tell me where to go. The final piece in this trio, Prisms, found me exploring open warps within the piece. I'm still not clear how the effect I want will be resolved, but that's part of this process.<br />
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Most importantly I'm pushing my boundaries, heading into risky territory which is what artists need to do.<br />
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Stay tuned.Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-56851932398433430152018-07-31T12:01:00.000-07:002018-07-31T12:01:14.360-07:00Self Portraits, Continued.So when we last met I showed you the first of what is turning out to be a summer of self-portraits. I wanted to work very informally on a sturdy 8 x 10 inch picture frame with the intention of NOT having even edges. I called the first piece <i>Self Portrait:Eyes Shut</i>.<br />
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Now I'm back to show you the other side. Same warp, just turned the frame over. I made no sketch, simply started with the aluminum wire and a glittery ribbon type yarn I bought at a knitting shop years ago. The weaving guided me in this design and told me what should come next. At this point the title is <i>Self Portrait:The Line</i>.<br />
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One interesting thing about this warp is the stiffness, although it is quite fine. I like the little bends at the top of this piece and am trying to bend some into place with the other. I'm pretty sure these warps will be exposed.<br />
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And I'll be thinking awhile about how to present them. But then thinking and playing are what my summer is about this year.<br />
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Next up, a third self portrait on this little frame a friend once sent...<br />
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<br />Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-34520440400670506072018-07-18T13:09:00.000-07:002018-07-18T13:09:22.410-07:00Self Portrait: Eyes ShutI'm getting more interested in unusual materials this summer, to see how they my impact the portraits I do. I've been in a bit of a rut lately.<br />
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So I put some very fine and hairy linen on my low tech tiny picture frame (aspiring tapestry weavers please do as I say, not as I do) and decided to focus on my stranded aluminum I've had a couple years. I've used it in small bits, but not much more than that.<br />
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<br />I did do a very rough sketch but left it in my journal, only as an idea, not a cartoon to follow. This idea developed from the weaving, but I stuck to the mood and the closed eyes.<div>
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I have only a few passes to go and will keep the uneven edge at the top when I knot the warps. No turnback needed, this linen is awesomely kinky when you cut off the warp and will remain exposed.</div>
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Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-25256772288834968142018-06-24T19:24:00.000-07:002018-06-24T19:24:33.745-07:00It's SummerYou know it's summer in Madison, these people are back on their bikes and walking their dogs now that the weather has turned summer wonderful.<br />
For me I've fallen into a routine of dye pots and sketching outdoors. I like the break from weaving and spend more time thinking about things instead of immersing myself in process for the winter.<br />
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My friend Nina dropped off a bag of rhubarb from her back yard. There's dye inspiration there.<br />
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I have been fiddling around with my idea of weaving 3 strips showing students passing in the halls at a high school. It's very much a work in progress, nothing has really jelled yet.<br />
But these things take time.<br />
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I've headed off on a few bike drawing adventures, I always find a day of sketching satisfies me.<br />
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Yes it's summer mode...wonder what I'll do tomorrow?Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4829044870204706087.post-60058837984772163662018-06-05T18:34:00.000-07:002018-06-05T18:34:41.648-07:00What's off the loom todayWell I have to admit I cut it off a couple weeks ago, but I was involved with finishing my Arlington piece, so it feels like today, now that the ends are done.<br />
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All three were done by combining wedge weave distortion with traditional tapestry technique. I'm still finding the effects of this interesting<br />
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These three portraits were done over the past nine months. Tapestry is a long haul for me. Not just the labor, but the thought. I do not like to rush, why bother?<br />
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Two of these pieces are part of my Substitute Tales, going into its last phase, Act 3 you might call it. I have a couple more pieces to weave this fall and winter but then I think the idea has come to a close.<br />
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The other is an ongoing series of pieces I do while watching my granddaughter grow.<br />
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Now that's a series that can go on for a long time to come....Ruth Manninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08373827648749885543noreply@blogger.com4