Weavings

I create my fiber pieces on a table-loom and use double-weave, leno-weave and plain weave structures. I always hand-dye or hand-paint my yarn and sometimes use tie-dying or space-dying to achieve “accidental” color effects. Usually, I begin my projects with a watercolor crayon drawing. I then weave plain fabric with undyed yarn, remove the fabric from the loom and paint this fabric with my initial design using thickened fiber-reactive procion fabric dyes. I next set the dye, unweave the fabric and then re-weave it on the loom in order to discover unexpected shifts in color. I sometimes repeat this process to further abstract the image and enrich the color.