This is not mine!
This beautiful tapestry is by Annalia Ferreri and she won the first prize at an Italian exhibition. This lady lives and works in Rome and I'm proud to say that she is my teacher! I discovered her at a local Adults' University organization and signed up for her tapestry course. She uses a very basic frame as a loom and she simply wraps it up many times to form a warp yarn. She then weaves in and out whatever weft material she fancies by simply using her hands or a mattress needle and voilà!
I had two lessons so far (once a week) and I'm enthused. Here is my frame to practice the different stitches, with a detail of sampler. We are told that before Christmas we'll start working on individual projects ... I'm starting to think of ways to integrate weaving into my Distant Stitch course and the other way round.
Wow, Daniela the tapestry is wonderful. Yes I can see why you would want to use this method in the Distant Stitch course. It could be a base for your spirals, maybe?
ReplyDeleteI also dropped by your blog to let you know I have booked a place on next year's Summer School. Mandy at Urchfont is definitely taking bookings now, if she hasn't already been intouch with you, don't forget to book soon if you are able to come next year as the places go quickly!
Regards Alison